My neighbour has got BATS!

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by trondi

I have just seen about 50 bats leaving the roof space of my neighbours house!

Wow isn't she the luckiest person in our village!!

OOps just remembered - she is very houseproud and I am sure she would endeavour to make them move home - somehow!

What should I do??

1. should I go round and congratulate her?
2. should I say nothing but try to photograph them coming and going - then probably get arrested for 'peeping tom' pervy behaviour?
3. get a local bat group to come and move them round to my house?

So WHAT SHOULD I DO guys and gals??

Get the Roost formally recorded and it can then be monitored to prevent a repetition of the roost sealed by the householder to stop the bats returning
which actually sealed the mothers and babies in to die

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by rlchew

Perhaps your neighbour could ask the Prime Minister down to remove the bats .... allegedly he knows what to do.

David Cameron describes removing bat from Downing St

Personally Mr Cameron is the last person I would invite to my home but that is another story entirely.

Richard

What i like from that story is the tag line "

David Cameron has described how he dealt with a bat that invaded Downing Street after being asked a question about pet monkeys. "

presumably the bat was traumatised by being asked a question about pet monkeys and was seeking sanctuary at number ten

[vole-woman]

93 bats, Trondi! Who is your neighbour - Mrs Addams?

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by vole-woman

93 bats, Trondi! Who is your neighbour - Mrs Addams?

93 actually isnt that many - i remember a roost in boscastle where we counted well over 300

[The Woodman]

825 from a soprano pip roost last year.

[gpjayne]

South Yorkshire Bat group contacted and told about the bats at Carlton, Barnsley.

Hope the weather stays fine and dry tonight so I can enjoy the spectacle again!!!

Answers my question as to why I haven't seen many moths this year flying round my sodium lights!!!!

[animartco]

Hi TRondi A lot of bats! Do you know yet what they are? An important roost should surely be recorded and guarded, but what to do about the householder? I would ask your local bat group for advice, and explain to them that you are frightened of the possible reactions of the householder on learning that she has bats. On no account should she be told without someone there to monitor the place and make sure she doesn't get a man straight round to kill them all. I thought I had written this before but can't find my posting Hope it has been successfully sorted by now?

[nightshade]

If a really large roost Natural England would be interested, and have a lot of clout