Bat ID help
Author
Discussion

jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,761 posts

210 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all
Any idea what kind of bat this is?


Turn7

25,329 posts

244 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all
No real scale, but Im guessing a common Pipistrell.

jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,761 posts

210 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all
Definitely not a pip, ears way too big and it’s a bigger bat.

I thought brown long eared to begin with, but the ears don’t appear to meet in the middle

Equus

16,980 posts

124 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all
I'd hazard a guess at a Bechstein's.

Saleen836

12,187 posts

232 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all

Mort7

1,487 posts

131 months

Wednesday 6th February 2019
quotequote all
Might help if the photo was the right way up! wink

Just had a look at my bat book, and Common Long Eared Bat seems closest. Only ever seen one in the flesh - caught by a neighbour's cat and left down the side of our house.

TwigtheWonderkid

47,920 posts

173 months

Friday 8th February 2019
quotequote all
Turn7 said:
No real scale, but Im guessing a common Pipistrell.
Pipistrells are very small. Sometimes they will take over a blue tit nesting box, and you'll get about 200 in there!

Fast and Spurious

1,802 posts

111 months

Friday 8th February 2019
quotequote all
Looks like a brown long-eared bat, an amazing creature! Bats are the only mammals to have mastered flight and oh boy are they masters at it!

jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,761 posts

210 months

Saturday 9th February 2019
quotequote all
Thanks all!

Having had another look, its ears do in fact meet in the middle, which confirms brown long eared!


Edited by jimmy156 on Saturday 9th February 21:39

Mort7

1,487 posts

131 months

Saturday 9th February 2019
quotequote all
Where is it roosting? Your attic?