It's May! As the weather gets warmer pregnant female bats gather together in warm, safe places to have their babies. These roosts are called maternity roosts. Some groups of bats return to the same site every year. Most bats will have a single baby, called a...
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First Flight
My Glastonbury girl, Little Amal, flew tonight. Because she's been reticent to fly, I took the puppy playpen into the bat flight in case she didn't feel brave enough to fly in the big wide world. I also placed a soft cover on the flight floor in case she venture out...
Bat Care Costs
FROM JAN. - JULY 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 £8.79 Mealworms (March 18th) £5.93 Mealworms (April 2nd) £5.00 VetArk Zol CalD (April 12th)...
Unusual nesting place
After our delivery, the gas man didn't mention that he hadn't shut the lid to the tank correctly. It was only later in the day we noticed, and then understood why he'd left it. To our surprise, and in the most unusual of nesting places, we found a nest tucked...
Airing cupboard escapee
Another bat rescue call. A bat fell from a towel that was in the process of being removed from an airing cupboard. As instructed, the bat was placed inside a box, but unfortunately, the box was not secure. By the time it came to drop the little bat over to me - the...
Swifts are back
Prepared my rehab. bats dinner and then sat with her while she had a few minutes crawling exercise. Her leg appears to be slowly improving. Suddenly heard a brief screech outside and new immediately that we had a welcome visitor. Calmly put batty back in her clean pen...
Frequencies
Thought I would record the list of frequencies for easy access. So much for my smartphone microphone. 20 kHz - 20 5KZ knock tool 25KHZ Liza 27KHZ Siri teen 32 KHZ barber style 30 9KHz nothing serious if you struggle 43 - 40 6KHz I’ll Kosovo 45 khz common Pipistrel 40...