I am a lucky girl to have the support and help needed in order for me to care for my rescued bats. I am sat in the dark, all wrapped up against the cold and damp, and counting my blessings. With more bats needing to be rescued each year the cost of caring for bats...
Iggy having a rest in one of the bat boxes after flying in the bat flight. Iggy's weight has gradually increased since his arrival and I let him guide me as to when he's had enough to eat. He is in a 38gallon: 42 x 42 x 76 cm flex. We started on five meals per day and...
My new soft flooring. And am sorry that this carpet was not here to break your fall Tinkerbell. xx FROM JAN. 2022 MONTHLY PURCHASES: Mealworms (Jan) £7.33 Mealworms (Feb) £7.76 Mealworms (Feb) £5.93 Oralade (Feb) £5.85 Mealworms (March) £7.76 Feeding Dish + Tweezers...
Wildlife spotting again in an almost empty hospital car park. Gull, magpie, squirrels, and jackdaw for company. Good to see a couple of nestboxes in the trees. Almost a clear run-through to get to the hospital due to 'the funeral', with hardly a car on the road. On...
Tonight we drove to Sturminster Newton to release Koumori, my sweet-natured BLE. The sweet little bat had been trapped behind a steel guarded shop-front over the Aug. Bank Holiday weekend. When rescued, he was underweight, dehydrated, and didn’t open his eyes properly...
Until approx. 5 years ago I would see 50-100 chaffinches pecking around underneath an avenue of beech trees close to home. Now there are only a few, hence I was delighted to see 2-3 pairs of chaffinches in our garden over the past month. I wondered why so few. I...
Successful flying practice for each of my bats tonight. Every night I am outside with my rescues in order to help them fly free. First into the flight was Bryony, Pip, then Iggy, Barbastelle, and finally Koumori, my Brown Long-eared. Each is healthy, eating well, and...
Iggy saying: 'What’s the hold up? I’m hungry, hmm.. that looks interesting.' Sorting Iggy’s paperwork and in the process of collecting details: where found, finders names, etc from Salisbury hospital, I learned that my little rare Barbastelle, had been seen flying...
Have just finished feeding late-night supper to Iggy, my young, rescued Barbastelle bat. They are a rare species and over my years of bat caring, I've heard that Barbastelles' don’t necessarily take well to being confined; they are extremely sensitive, and easily...
A busy day that started with a rescue call from Sal. Hosp. Sadly the finder had been advised to put the bat in a box and release it tonight at 8 p.m. Whatever bat species, this is not good advice and it is sad to hear that people have either been advised to, or think...