It's been a day of some sun mixed with very heavy showers. During one of the sunny spells I had a good go at the hanging baskets, all the recent heavy rain had prevented me from daily dead heading of the surfinias and the flowers had also had a good battering as well. When I finished my hands were sticky so I turned the tap on to wash my hands. I looked down to see something fluttering in the plug hole. My first thought was that it was a leaf that had dropped from my arm, then it was 'Euch' as I thought a small brown frog was in the sink. Only then did I realise that it was a tiny bat which had somehow fallen into the sink and down the plug hole.
I carefully scooped it onto a tea towel and took it outside to see what the situation was.
At this point I was pretty sure that it was dead, I mean it doesn't look good does it? The sun went in at this point and it started to get cold again so I put the bat in a container in the spare room. After an hour there were some signs of life but when I put the bat in my hand it felt pretty cold. Bat and box were put in the warm airing cupboard and after another hour or so there was a definite improvement.
The sun had made a reappearance and it was hot outside so out went bat, camera and myself to bask in the heat.
After a little crawling around and a few yawns to boost the oxygen,
the little pipistrelle bat spread its wings and flew off. Hooray! A happy ending.
Having posted many pictures of Lundy I thought I would finish with a few more of the wildlife. These small birds, linnets? would sing loudly from a bush only a few feet away.
There were a couples of ponies and foals in a field near us but this small herd roamed free over the rest of the island.
Soay sheep, one of many types of animals introduced by a previous owner of Lundy.
I think the wild goats were a much earlier introduction. There was one cream coloured ram with a magnificent spread of horns at least 3ft across that I saw several times.
I carefully scooped it onto a tea towel and took it outside to see what the situation was.
At this point I was pretty sure that it was dead, I mean it doesn't look good does it? The sun went in at this point and it started to get cold again so I put the bat in a container in the spare room. After an hour there were some signs of life but when I put the bat in my hand it felt pretty cold. Bat and box were put in the warm airing cupboard and after another hour or so there was a definite improvement.
The sun had made a reappearance and it was hot outside so out went bat, camera and myself to bask in the heat.
After a little crawling around and a few yawns to boost the oxygen,
the little pipistrelle bat spread its wings and flew off. Hooray! A happy ending.
Having posted many pictures of Lundy I thought I would finish with a few more of the wildlife. These small birds, linnets? would sing loudly from a bush only a few feet away.
There were a couples of ponies and foals in a field near us but this small herd roamed free over the rest of the island.
Soay sheep, one of many types of animals introduced by a previous owner of Lundy.
I think the wild goats were a much earlier introduction. There was one cream coloured ram with a magnificent spread of horns at least 3ft across that I saw several times.And that's the end of Lundy folks, at least until we go there again.
1 comment:
Those are some incredible pictures of the bat. I'm glad it ended up flying away.
I think I would have been afraid of it though.
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