Common Pipistrelle
This bat was in a cavity in a tree. One of the commonest bats found in the UK. Eats small insects. Weighs about 5 grams. Scientific name is Pipistrelle pipistrellus.
There are 18 species of Bat recorded in the UK. Of those, the folowing species occur at RSPB Leighton Moss reseve:
This bat was in a cavity in a tree. One of the commonest bats found in the UK. Eats small insects. Weighs about 5 grams. Scientific name is Pipistrelle pipistrellus.
This bat was in an Addit (horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine). Has broad wings which enable it to fly slowly. Preys on differnet insects and can snatch spiders from their webs. Scientific name is Myotis nattereri.
This bat was in a building, in torpor (a state of lowered body temperature and metabolic activity). Only the tragus visible (pointed inner lobe of the ear). Medium sized, with ears nearly as long as its body. Scientific name is Plecotus auritus.