Batwatching (228/365)

[white_hart]

Last night we went for a sunset swim and then sat on the bank, drinking our tea and watching bats swooping over the meadows. According to B's bat detector, we saw at least four different types of bat (pipistrelle, noctule, serotine, leisler) and possibly a fifth (daubenton) although I have to admit that they all just looked like small fast flappy things to me.

The water was still and quiet for our swim; as the sun set, it seemed to flatten even more, becoming a still mirror which reflected a flight of white gulls which flew past one way and then back the other, like spirits flitting in the twilight.

Driving home, I saw a hedgehog trundling its way across the road not far from my house; a change from the usual cats.

Comments

[lilysea]

Yay hedgehog! ^_^

[sfred]

Cool!

[cmcmck]

Bats and a hedgepig!

What's not to like? :o)

[lnr]

I do love listening in on the bats, or indeed just going out at bat-o-clock (after sunset, but when the sky is still lightish so you can see their silhouettes easily) to watch them. Generally I can see a couple of different sizes of bat here (some biggish, others smallish) but it's a while since I've been to listen and work out exactly what species we have.

On my walk yesterday I saw bunnies and bats and heard a tawny owl and saw the silhouette of a fox ahead too (scaramouche!). It's a long time since I've seen any non-flat hedgehogs though sadly.

[mrs_redboots]

How gorgeous!