On 20/5/08 08:56, in article
, "Jonathan"
wrote:

On 20 May, 08:46, Sacha wrote:
On 20/5/08 08:27, in article ,



"Robert (Plymouth)" wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Well, the garden shed. We were delighted yesterday when someone heard
squeaking and shuffling behind the vertical larch lap of one of the sheds.
It looks as if long-eared bats are roosting (nesting?) there. We could
just
see their tiny heads moving about from time to time so we'll have to go
down
there at dusk and wait to see if they emerge. We always get bats around
here in the summer but didn't know they were actually on the property.

That's a coincidence I was just reading in their newsletter how the Woodside
Animal sanctuary is trying to entice bats into their bat boxes

No enticing needed here. We've left them to their own devices and obviously
they're happy. ;-) It's a wonderful time of year with all these birds
around and now bats, too - lovely!

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I saw on hunting at about three in the afternoon along the river
during the warm spell recently. I have never seen one before dusk
before.

Jonathan

Nor I. Whereabouts is that, Jonathan? On summer evenings here, the best
time is somewhere between 8 and 9 usually. We take a glass of wine into the
garden and sit on a bench overlooking the big lawn. There's an old cedar
tree at the bottom of the lawn and it must be a good area for hunting
because the bats swoop in and out under its canopy, sometimes zooming
further up to take a few right over our heads. It's a fantastic sight.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'