Thank you Lucy for leading another good Bat walk on Friday 24th April. 7 species recorded: 3 types of pipistrelle, noctule, daubenton – seen low over lake by torchlight, barbastelle and possibly even a greater horeshoe. Look out for details of next one end May Hillingdon Council

Fab night leading bat walk for 6th Blantyre Guides at Chatelherault in Hamilton.
Lots of Soprano & Common Pipistrelle, as seen in video.
Guides so polite & asked fantastic questions.
Donations from leading educational events like this supports GW Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation.

Platax pipistrelle is an amazingly beautiful sea fish that lives in the western part of the Pacific Ocean.

Happy #bat urday everyone!
On his test flight, this little pipistrelle #bat flew for 50 minutes without landing! So having passed with flying colours (pun intended), he was released last night 🦇🦇🦇

Today's forgotten mammal is the Common pipistrelle!

The common pipistrelle is our smallest and most common bat—small enough to fit in a matchbox and weighs no more than a 20p piece. But they are still capable of eating around 3,000 insects in a night.

#CommonPipistrelle

Exciting day at Sydenham Hill Woods last week on a bat training day!
Having surveyed this site many times this has been the most fruitful time, recording 44 bats from 3 different species - 38 Soprano pipistrelle, 5 Leisler's and 1 Brown long eared 🦇

Science Fact 104

The pipistrelle bat can eat 3,000 insects a night, yet it is so small, it can fit into a matchbox. look for it flitting around the garden or a lit lamp post as it chases its prey.

Tonight’s musical accompaniment to the sundowner 🐦‍⬛🐑
A pipistrelle is cruising above our heads picking up the gnats attracted to the warmth of the tub 🦇

Did you know that Durham Cathedral is home to the second largest roost of Common Pipistrelle bats in the UK?

From July to October, you can often see the small bats flying around the Cloisters.

I rescued this bat (Pipistrelle sp?) from our cat last night, on my way to put the moth trap out. This morning saw a rare countryside Fox (distant phone photo), a species that is much easier to see in towns and cities. My 2nd locally, tho one tried to get our chickens last week!

Deep in remote caves in Hungary, where insects and birdseed are hard to come by, great tits have found an unusual new food source…bat brains!

Scientists have spotted the birds hunting, killing and eating the muscle, fat, intestines and brains of hibernating pipistrelle bats.

Glorious bat punt: pipistrelle, sop pipistrelle, Daubenton's and serotine bats heard, plus sedge and Cetti's warblers part of rich riverbank chorus.
🙌🙏 Iain Webb + Scudamore's chauffeur Oscar
Get booking! wildlifebcn.org/bat-punts

Craig Bennett Martha Kearney The Wildlife Trusts

𝖒𝖎𝐤𝖆 🦇 Serj Tankian-#SanctionAzerbaijan Pretty dang good

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Due pipistrelle alla luce del sole.

Lucien Sanchez Fesshole 🧻 'I was investigating the droppings of the common pipistrelle bat in a hedge when I came upon the weapon. Why won't the police believe me?'

Fly safely little bat! Next stop could well be Netherlands or Belgium. Another tag deployed on a female Nathusius' pipistrelle, tracking migration from England to breeding grounds in continental Europe. Norfolk & Norwich Bat Group Bat Conservation Trust University of Sussex #motuswts #wildlife #bats BatLife Europe

April 27th First Flights 1of2
Sopwith TF.2 Salamander, 1918
Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann, 1934
Stinson Model A, 1934
Pilatus P-2, 1945
McDonnell Model 65 XHJH Whirlaway, 1946
Brochet MB.50 Pipistrelle, 1947
Tupolev Tu-16 Badger, 1952