Bats

[AndyT77]

I live in a block of 6 flats, the building is kind of like an L shape, with two 'wings' of flats off a central lobby area.

I noticed recently in the early evening quite a number of bats flying around in a circular pattern, round the back of the flats. What are the chances of one of the blighters entering my home through my open kitchen window?

[Stu R]

50/50

[Slinky]

How many other flats have their windows open?

[fatboy b]

How big is your kitchen window compared to the size of your flat?

[paulmurr]

If you close the window the chances will deminish to 0%.

[AndyT77]

paulmurr said:

If you close the window the chances will deminish to 0%.

Wow, really? Thanks for the help

[Y282]

very, very low. as low as 10%

[paulmurr]

AndyT77 said:

paulmurr said:

If you close the window the chances will deminish to 0%.

Wow, really? Thanks for the help

Help with what..? You asked what the chances were of one flying into your house. I simply suggested that if you don't want a bat in your house, and it's the position of most people unless you're one of the Munsters, then closing the window is the way to go.

If you mean "a bat has flown into my house, how do I get rid of it?" then that's a whole new thread entirely.

If not, then I'm baffled, utterly baffled, by this thread.

[Japveesix]

Very unlikely they'll decide your kitchen is a sensible place to hunt and/or roost so I'm going to go with 0.05%.

Even if one did bizarrely decide that hunting next to your toaster, or roosting in the oven, was the way to go they are completely harmless and pretty easily removed by anyone who knows what thy're doing.

There are bats everywhere in every part of the country and I'm yet to meet anyone who's had a problem with them entering their house. We have 5 species on the farm, in large numbers and constantly flying around the house. I leave my windows wide open all summer and they don't come in.

[Slinky]

I still think we need to know how many windows are available as options to the bats, in addition to this, the size of the windows and also the surface area of the external walls of the flat..

With that information we should be able to make some level of probability calculation, although I'm not sure on the accuracy as i don't have any figures for bat guidance errors..

[Albert Bridge]

4.85% HTH

[AndyT77]

Well okay, i really should have known better! Note to self, think really hard before posting on PH

[ali_kat]

How high are you? Top floor? Maybe if you are but not much of a chance to be honest.

I know I have bats in the loft, leave the windows open, never had one fly in upstaris or downstairs

Enjoy watching them

[Steve H]

Had a bat in the house last week, Mrs H went totally skitzo as she hates them but I just opened the window again (it must have come in and hidden as she had closed the windows and turned the lights on when it decided to come out and do a few laps) and it was gone by morning.

[central]

On a warm summer evening about 20 years ago we had about a dozen weaving round the bedrooms/landing.

[HowMuchLonger]

Albert Bridge said:

4.85% HTH

You must have read the same science journal as me. According to Scientific American a recent study into the interaction between bats and human residences stands at 4.85%, using a standard 2ftx5ft window of opportunity.

[Albert Bridge]

HowMuchLonger said:

You must have read the same science journal as me. According to Scientific American a recent study into the interaction between bats and human residences stands at 4.85%, using a standard 2ftx5ft window of opportunity.

Although this is also dependant on the type of window, ie PVC,metal frame,wooden frame and indeed the type of opening,whether it be sash window,tilt and turn etc.