Earth Notes: Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2024)

Alison F reported that she observed a bat feeding in Kingston cemetery on Saturday evening around 5pm.

There has been an interesting report from Italy of blue tits and greater noctules sharing a home: Dangerous neighbours: Birds and bird-eating bats sharing tree cavities [russo2024sharing].

22:40Z at least one pip upstream on the Villiers Road bridge over the Hogsmill, and two or three visible downstream; there had been huge clouds of midges earlier. ~11°C. Sunset ~18:15Z.

20:57Z no bats seen, fairly heavy rain.