Day flying bat

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by lauren*

Hey,

I was walking in Cornwall today and was most intrigued by the behaviour of a bat. It was flying in day light and it would not leave me alone. At first I thought it was injured it was flying so low and dive bombing my head not in an aggressive way, but it cared on for a good 10 minuets! I found it fascinating to watch so thought I would do a bit of research to see if this was normal and found this site!

Apparently the warmer air from your head will encourage flying insects which of course the bat appreciates. I find that bats like to "scan" anything new in their territory and this behaviour is usual when I check out numbers on
emergence. I stand with the counter, bats come and go from the roost, then they all do a lap around me before the nights hunting