Bats, a very special and rare treat today

[slack ma girdle]

Bat tastic

[NI Tree]

nice one dean

at the last count we had 2000+ pipistrelle in our house so it quite common for us to see them out flying during the day

[Dean Lofthouse]

nice one dean

at the last count we had 2000+ pipistrelle in our house so it quite common for us to see them out flying during the day

 

Holy cow batman

 

Must be some gaff you got there ?

[Mark Bolam]

Noctule for sure.

 

Almost certainly with rabies.

 

Dean did say it had been within 3 feet of him....

 

Great footage Deano, what time was it?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Noctule for sure.

 

Almost certainly with rabies.

 

Dean did say it had been within 3 feet of him....

 

Great footage Deano, what time was it?

 

It will have been lunch o'clock mark

[Badgermert]

Noctule for sure.

 

Almost certainly with rabies.

 

Dean did say it had been within 3 feet of him....

 

Great footage Deano, what time was it?

 

Nice video Dean.

 

Of the 3000+ Bats tested between 1986-2002 only two were found positive for rabies (EBL), both Daubenton's.

 

Bats will come very close as they will often take the midges,etc that appear around you and above your head in warm weather.

[Mark Bolam]

Re the rabies thing, because very occasionally bats do test positive, does that mean they could make a channel crossing?

[Badgermert]

Re the rabies thing, because very occasionally bats do test positive, does that mean they could make a channel crossing?

 

The Alcathoe's Bat has been recorded as crossing the Channel although previously thought to be too small and weak for the crossing.

[Mark Bolam]

Amazing little creatures.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The Alcathoe's Bat has been recorded as crossing the Channel although previously thought to be too small and weak for the crossing.

 

or was it here already!