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dr · 20-05-2008, 09:58 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Sacha wrote:

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

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

"Robert (Plymouth)" wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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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.

It's nice to know we're not the only ones who sit outside at night in the
dark watching bats. I think our old neighbours thought we were the Addams
family sometimes. Sitting outside under a full moon with a pair of black
cats, a drink and "ooh'ing" and "aah'ing" about bats flitting around our
heads.

I got the feeling if you sit outside the midges like to come near to you for
a feed themselves and of course they are the bats food hence you draw the
bats toward you.

Duncan