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08-03-2010, 07:20 PM
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| | | Garden Bat!
About 4o'clock today I was very surprised to see a small bat flying around the garden in broad daylight! It was very small and did about 3 circuits of the garden and then flew off around the area. Nice sight as I believe it is pretty early for bats? |
08-03-2010, 07:23 PM
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Nice 
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08-03-2010, 07:37 PM
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Hi Fieldfare, How exciting We used to have Bats in our roof ,just a few and I never found where they were on the inside but didnt see them going home to their usual hole last year; but they still come for a free supper when I turn the moth trap on !!!!!! |
08-03-2010, 07:52 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Nr Canterbury, Kent
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Nice sighting Fieldfare. I thought I saw one a week or so ago on our ONE mild night in Kent this year, but wasn't sure. However they do come out in the winter whenever the weather is mild enough. Pipi's do anyway. Don't know about the other species
Last edited by animartco; 08-03-2010 at 07:57 PM.
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08-03-2010, 11:53 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fife, Scotland
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| | | Re: Garden Bat!
How lovely! I haven't seen any yet, but as animartco said if the weather is mild enough they will have the odd venture out.
Moonmoth, couldn't help smiling when I read what you had written - supper time!! 
I'm guessing it's probably a pip, because you said it was small and I have seen the odd early pip at my local reserve. Bat detectors at the ready! I think I'll have a listen out tomorrow if the weather is mild.
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13-03-2010, 04:06 PM
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| | | Re: Garden Bat!
Hi everyone, sorry I've not replied, I forgot about this thread tbh!
Yes it was very small so probably a pipistrelle, going to keep my eye out for it again.
thanks for replying |
16-03-2010, 02:47 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SW Scotland
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| | | Re: Garden Bat!
Sounds like a Pip. At this time of year it is not all that uncommon to see bats flying during the day because after 3 months or so of hibernation, especially if they were a bit underweight at the start or woke up too many times and burned off fat reserves, they will take any opportunity they can get to grab a meal. |
16-03-2010, 06:19 PM
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Thanks, didn't know that
Not seen one since. |
16-03-2010, 06:44 PM
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i have seen a bat every day for the last 4 days now at about 5 o clock ...just the one on its own a little pippistrelle and i noticed there were loads of midges about too ...i suppose the few days of warmer weather forced him to come and have a little feed ....lovely to see tho ....put a nice little smile on my face
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17-03-2010, 03:51 PM
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Really!
Well its a warm day today so will keep an eye out from now on to see if it comes back
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