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They're dashing about all over the place. Isn't this rather later than
usual? We've had warm days and chilly nights for a while now and there have been lots of mozzies and gnats about. Could it be they're making up for lost feeding time, due to the cold, wet summer? I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing them this late in the year before. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
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from Sacha contains these words: They're dashing about all over the place. Isn't this rather later than usual? We've had warm days and chilly nights for a while now and there have been lots of mozzies and gnats about. Could it be they're making up for lost feeding time, due to the cold, wet summer? I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing them this late in the year before. IIRC, some species will wake-up at any warm spell, even in midwinter. I've often seen pipistrelles at this time of year. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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Was working late on Wednesday and as it was getting dark, I watched
them almost skimming the water of a nearby tidal river and flying relatively slowly just above the reeds. At least some of these were long-eared bats, but there were faster fliers amongst them that could have been pipistrelles. Lots of sunshine this week has enabled the solar lights in the garden to charge fully and they attract moths, which in turn attract at least a few bats. Can't see what they are though - I'm only aware of their presence by the almost imperceptible calls. |
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On 12/10/08 17:27, in article , "Malcolm"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes They're dashing about all over the place. Isn't this rather later than usual? We've had warm days and chilly nights for a while now and there have been lots of mozzies and gnats about. Could it be they're making up for lost feeding time, due to the cold, wet summer? I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing them this late in the year before. I've seen both pipistrelles and long-eared bats out around Christmas - and I must be about 350 miles north of you! It's much more to do with temperature than time of year. Both of these species will wake up if it turns a bit mild whereas some other species seem to stay in a deeper torpor and so don't break their hibernation period. Ah, that's interesting and thank you to you and all who answered this. Obviously, my thanks are to all the others who've replied with information. I couldn't look for bats tonight as we had our Harvest Festival service followed by Supper here but I should think it was an ideal evening for bats to be feeding. It's absolutely still, lots of insects are still about and it's so warm that I wore linen trousers and tunic to church. Despite some rather gloomy forecasts from those who think they can predict weather months in advance, we have been having wonderful weather. Yesterday and today had what I call 'Chinese mornings' here - the mist is so settled on low ground that higher bits and pieces pop up out of it like those Chinese paintings. The beauty is indescribable - at least by me - and it makes me realise how lucky we are to have seasons, however unpredictable. These are golden days. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
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