Bat ID

[Lotobear]

Bumped into this little guy on a recent survey in North England - not up on my bats and usually leave them to the specialists , can anyone ID him/her?

..was thinking Horseshoe?

[Lotobear]

Edit function currently unavailable - just to mention, much bigger than a Pipistrelle

[Nightmare]

Looks like a horseshoe bat to me too (prob a lesser horseshoe cos of the ears) - but they all look a bit the same to be me (I’m a bat racist it’s true)

Also I’m fairly sure that is a pile of more than one bat!

[thebraketester]

Yes that’s definitely a bat.

[Lotobear]

Nightmare said:

Looks like a horseshoe bat to me too (prob a lesser horseshoe cos of the ears) - but they all look a bit the same to be me (I’m a bat racist it’s true)

Also I’m fairly sure that is a pile of more than one bat!

Those were my thoughts too but definately only one bat - but a big bugger! I stood and watched him for a few minutes and am certain he was not huddled with another, assuming bats do that sort of thing - it was -2.5 however so he may have been cold and 'fluffed up' so to speak

[CoolHands]

[Lotobear]

I've done some research and think it's a Daubenton's Bat

[Nightmare]

Ah interesting - after your update I was fairly sure it was a greater pie-eater cos that is a damn tubby bat. Maybe it’s the pic but it looks like you can see the horseshoe face shape? Easy to see what you expect to in a pic tho I guess! I also still think I can see an extra wing on the left but I’m sure you’re right and it’s one if you watched it!

[SAB888]

Could be a Serotine bat, the body colour and ear size look about right. I also thought it looked like two bats as it looks like two wings on the left of the photo.

[davhill]

Yep, horseshoe bat - its conk is a dead giveaway.

[ChevronB19]

Think you can get apps that identify bats from their squeaks?

[nordboy]

Bit off topic, but I put my Bat box up on the house yesterday.

Really hoping I can attract a few, i know there’s normally quite a few in my area.

[Lotobear]

..I've had feed back from a registered bat handler/surveyor I use who I sent the pic to.

He says probably Myotis, so could be Daubenton's or another of that genus, but adds that it's not possible to do a positive ID without handling which could not be done anyway during the roosting season.