Witton-le-Wear pipistrelle roost

I've just quickly cobbled this page together to show a couple of photos of some the common and soprano pipistrelles I've rescued over the years.  I don't mind use of my images for educational purposes, but they must be accompanied by a credit to photographer: Kirsty Farnfield, thank you.

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above: Bob the baby bat.

above - Bertha, Bill, Ben, Bert and Brad the baby bats (Bertha was almost fully grown though) - I hand raised these downed babies, carrying them everywhere with me and feeding them kitten formula from a dropper every 2 hours before graduating them onto mealworms.

Above: adult female "Scoot" on my Stag Electronics Batbox III Heterodyne Bat detector.  Below: Scoot after release - she was strong enough to release straight out after her check up and publicity shots (she was very friendly) even though it was daytime, although usually it is better to release bats at dusk or dawn, Scoot was healthy and climbed straight back up in to the roost.

Above: "Lofty" - sat on my finger, adult bat.

Above & below: "Sooty" (I found him in the fireplace and had to give him a gentle wash with a damp ear bud, dry him and rehydrate him with some sugar dissolved in water before he was ready for release.  Sooty had "Battitude" - hence the gloves!  He couldn't actually break the skin when he tried to bite, but it was annoying.  Below I'm feeding him from a dropper.

Below: Jack, found trapped in the garage.