Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa! (perhaps it
is too cold outside!)

cupra wrote:
Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa!
(perhaps it is too cold outside!)

ps - moved it into shed so it can carry on it's hibernation in peace!

In message , cupra
writes
cupra wrote:
Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa!
(perhaps it is too cold outside!)

ps - moved it into shed so it can carry on it's hibernation in peace!


Last summer on a particularly hot day I saw a bat fly out from a house,
fly over the road and nose-dive into the river. It then did a nice job
of swimming to the back and resting in the shade of some bushy plant. I
guess that the space under the roof must have got so hot the bat was
forced to go for the river.
--
Tim
http://www.stopharlownorth.com/

cupra wrote:
Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa! (perhaps it
is too cold outside!)



Perhaps it wanted to watch the cricket on TV. :-)

--
Howard Neil

So you had a flurry of bat to report. It's more than what many have
seen
That cricket joke, just isn't cricket !!

BlueLightning wrote:
So you had a flurry of bat to report. It's more than what many have
seen
That cricket joke, just isn't cricket !!

And guess what I had for my dinner..... chips and BATtered sausage!

- And on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:31:33 -0000, it was spake thus said in message " cupra" :

Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa! (perhaps it
is too cold outside!)


Serious

Where about are you in the UK ?

What did you do with it ?
Hope you didn't put it in the shed as suggested, the temperature varies too much for
it to hibernate properly in there - needs a VERY slow change in temperatures to
hibernate...

If you want more info just ask, - you may be able to work out the email address from
the one you get here - or go have a read at http://www.bats.org.uk and I'm sure
they'll be interested to hear about it.

Nick in North Yorkshire - who's had a bat handlers licence with English Nature since
'92...!
--
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Nick wrote:
- And on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:31:33 -0000, it was spake thus
said in message " cupra"
:

Sat down to watch TV and a bat hopped out in front of the sofa!
(perhaps it is too cold outside!)


Serious

Where about are you in the UK ?

Somerset...


What did you do with it ?
Hope you didn't put it in the shed as suggested, the temperature
varies too much for
it to hibernate properly in there - needs a VERY slow change in
temperatures to
hibernate...


Lord only knows how it got into the house - it would have certainly
struggled in here if I hadn't seen it as I'm away on hols for a week, so the
shed was the best option (well insulated metal one) considering the
neighbourhood cats were prowling outside....

If you want more info just ask, - you may be able to work out the
email address from
the one you get here - or go have a read at http://www.bats.org.uk
and I'm sure
they'll be interested to hear about it.

Nick in North Yorkshire - who's had a bat handlers licence with
English Nature since '92...!

A lot of people are renovating around here so I suspect they were unwitingly
disturbed, so I'm going to keep my eyes out for more.....