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Apr 9, 2015 19:48:05 GMT
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Post by SueA on Apr 9, 2015 19:48:05 GMT
Just went down the garden with the bat detector & 3 flew over my head, very loud clicking on the detector & flying very fast, they must be pipistrelles as that's what we usually get, really glad they're back after their hibernation!  |
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Apr 9, 2015 20:02:22 GMT
Post by daitheplant on Apr 9, 2015 20:02:22 GMT
Do you have bat boxes up Sue?
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Apr 10, 2015 18:47:21 GMT
Post by SueA on Apr 10, 2015 18:47:21 GMT
No Dai, I have got a bat box though which I got as part of a competition prize a couple of years gao, there was no suitable place to put it on the old house but I'm hoping to put it up here after we've had some work done on the gutters. We always had bats every year at our old house, they used to fly right past my head at the back door & round the trees & shrubs catching moths.
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Apr 10, 2015 19:12:12 GMT
Post by Cherry on Apr 10, 2015 19:12:12 GMT
We had them in Oxfordshire, but I haven't noticed any here in Norfolk.
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Post by Fractal on Apr 10, 2015 19:27:06 GMT
This Long eared Bat was found at work this morning in our main shop presumably in there all night. Seemed ok this morning so we put it in the goods in shed where it hung about all day  |
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Post by peony on Apr 10, 2015 19:30:37 GMT
Great photo Steve, hope it flies off safely tonight |
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Post by SueA on Apr 10, 2015 19:35:23 GMT
That's lovely Fractal , great photo, hope it's alright, wonder how it ended up in the shop. |
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Apr 10, 2015 19:43:30 GMT
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Post by Fractal on Apr 10, 2015 19:43:30 GMT
Hope so too peony. No idea SueA. Thanks both of you. I deliberately angled the box to get it's shadow on the back wall. I thought it looked good. We put it in the shade of course and it seemed happy stretching and cleaning itself occasionally. This species hunts in an unusual way by plucking insects off leaves, even plucking spiders off their webs at night! |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 10, 2015 19:54:11 GMT
What a great photo? Perhaps you should do a board with these interesting pictures for the customers to see. That is a beauty. |
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Post by sweetpea on Apr 10, 2015 22:19:02 GMT
Nice one Steve. Not often you get to see one close up.
Noticed the bats are back again here a couple of nights ago. Well two of them anyway.
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Post by Fractal on Apr 11, 2015 21:31:45 GMT
Thanks sweetpea, I usually get Pipistrelle bats around me though not sure which of the (now) two species in the UK it is?! Thanks Cherry, yes, that is a good idea. Might just do that. |
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Bats
Apr 12, 2015 11:01:51 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Apr 12, 2015 11:01:51 GMT
Thanks sweetpea, I usually get Pipistrelle bats around me though not sure which of the (now) two species in the UK it is?! Thanks Cherry, yes, that is a good idea. Might just do that. That is a great idea !!...I will watch out for it.... |
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Apr 12, 2015 14:57:41 GMT
Post by grindle on Apr 12, 2015 14:57:41 GMT
that's a great photo SteveN
We used to have bats in the loft when we lived in Somerset, I see them flying around at night here but don't know where they roost
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