Bat in the bedroom
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As per the title, woke in the middle of the night to hear something fluttering around the bedroom
At first I thought it was a bird in the loft and then it scared the bejebeez out of me by swooping right across my head
Took a few mins to shake sleep head and realise it was a bat that had flown in through the open window.
I turned over with the duvet firmly over my head - big wus that I am - visions of the thing clamped to my neck in my sleep
Only told swimbo in the morning she would have wanted to turn all the lights on and have a look.
And yes ..it had gone this morning.
At first I thought it was a bird in the loft and then it scared the bejebeez out of me by swooping right across my head
Took a few mins to shake sleep head and realise it was a bat that had flown in through the open window.
I turned over with the duvet firmly over my head - big wus that I am - visions of the thing clamped to my neck in my sleep
Only told swimbo in the morning she would have wanted to turn all the lights on and have a look.
And yes ..it had gone this morning.
marshalla said:
Carsie's next thread : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoXFmJBvlk
I hadn't thought of that.We live quite close to the village pond and also a long avenue of trees so bats around here are quite common, I'm told that they're "wonderful, lovely things" - I know that they're one of Gods creatures but...uuuh...shudder..
Mind you I still get scared when the Dalek music comes on saying "we will exterminate you....we will exterminate you!" and I'm reasonably old to know better than be scared of a toilet plunger!
Carsie said:
As per the title, woke in the middle of the night to hear something fluttering around the bedroom
At first I thought it was a bird in the loft and then it scared the bejebeez out of me by swooping right across my head
Took a few mins to shake sleep head and realise it was a bat that had flown in through the open window.
I turned over with the duvet firmly over my head - big wus that I am - visions of the thing clamped to my neck in my sleep
Only told swimbo in the morning she would have wanted to turn all the lights on and have a look.
And yes ..it had gone this morning.
^As Carsie thinks he remembers when in fact it was more like...At first I thought it was a bird in the loft and then it scared the bejebeez out of me by swooping right across my head
Took a few mins to shake sleep head and realise it was a bat that had flown in through the open window.
I turned over with the duvet firmly over my head - big wus that I am - visions of the thing clamped to my neck in my sleep
Only told swimbo in the morning she would have wanted to turn all the lights on and have a look.
And yes ..it had gone this morning.
https://youtu.be/WRR4iYRRBLk
I once caught one while fly fishing in late evening/twilight. He swooped in a grabbed the fly just before it touched down on the water.
Terrible experience for both of us really.
Had to have assistance so as to release it as best we could without harm.
I have to admit to taking some pride in my fly tying skills (once I knew the bat was okay).
I've been waiting for years for someone to start the "Most unusual creature caught while fishing" thread
Terrible experience for both of us really.
Had to have assistance so as to release it as best we could without harm.
I have to admit to taking some pride in my fly tying skills (once I knew the bat was okay).
I've been waiting for years for someone to start the "Most unusual creature caught while fishing" thread
Einion Yrth said:
They are, and completely harmless. Go watch them of an evening, fascinating.
Oh, they're also protected, so don't cause them any grief of the "men" will come and sort you out.
Totally agree with you - we're both nature lovers and the more you look, the more you see. I just love living in the countryside- its quite magic.Oh, they're also protected, so don't cause them any grief of the "men" will come and sort you out.
BristolRich and MGTS - you're both sick!
Reminds me of a time I came home from a heavy night on the town to find a bat in my room.I stood there with my duvet over my head for a few minutes as it darted about. It eventually flew into a hole in the top corner of the room where some plaster had been removed. I decided sofa was the best option however my mother thought different. You try explaining to your mum there is a bat in your room when your sh*tfaced and can barely speak. The drugs question was raised the morning after but I found some bat poo on the windowsill and the council found them in the loft when they came out a week or so later.
Must be the season-last night I found a frog in the bathroom,in the bottom storage bit of the baby bath!
Managed to capture it,and freak out the wife, but probably boobed by putting it into the stream in the garden as it was flowing quite fast,so poor froggy probably got swept away into the loch
Managed to capture it,and freak out the wife, but probably boobed by putting it into the stream in the garden as it was flowing quite fast,so poor froggy probably got swept away into the loch
Bats are great, we have them out at dusk every evening, SWMBO isn't so keen though 
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We've only had them in the house a couple of times and they always find their way back out which is more than could be said for the pigeon that we found roosting on the wardrobe one night, had to chase that daft t
t out to get rid of him 
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.We've only had them in the house a couple of times and they always find their way back out which is more than could be said for the pigeon that we found roosting on the wardrobe one night, had to chase that daft t
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