A town is in a ''state of emergency'' after it was taken over by 100,000 bats.

Town overrun by 10,000 bats

Town overrun by 10,000 bats

Batemans Bay in New South Wales, Australia has been overcome by a mass of the creatures but the grey-headed flying foxes cannot be killed as they are a vulnerable species, Sky News reports.

Resident Danielle Smith said: ''I can't open the windows, I can't use the clotheslines, it's just, I can't study because the noise just goes constantly. I can't concentrate. It's not fun.

''The bats came and they are just out of control. We just can't do anything because of them.''