Bat in the logpile

Rescued a female pipistrelle bat today. She was found in a pile of logs and put on top of a nearby shed out of harms way. When she hadn't gone the next day, I received a call and bombed over to pick her up. Since she seemed unhurt, I took her straight to the local bat carer for some R&R. She seemed perky enough, so I thought she was probably just a little dehydrated and hungry. Sadly, however, it transpired that she had a broken wing, so she will not be able to be released back into the wild. Not what we had hoped for, but at least she has the best possible care.

Bats galore......

Driving back from Llanfair Caereinion to New Mills this evening at around 19:00, I was amazed to see so many bats! During the short trip I must have seen 30+. I didn't get chance do I.D. them all sadly, but many of them seemed to be Pipistrelles.