We stopped off today for coffee in the village and Mellors said 'aw shucks, isn't that cute?' or words to that effect. Was it a puppy? A kitten? No it was a little tiny bat poop on his car window. 🤓
The bats in our church belfry make a terrible mess! When I run the church clean up for Spring we have the most awful time getting the dropping cleared off all the beams and icons . The usual weekly cleaner only does dusting and vacuuming so some of it has been there for months on end .
Wouldn’t be without them but . I love to see them swooping about the high church roof and in the choir stalls when we have choir practice. .
We had bats when we first bought our house in Belgium - former farmhouse surrounded by pasture and just 2 ordinary willows. We had a pond dug for drainage, added loads of trees, shrubs and perennials for pollinators and birds but th ebats just disappeared and we only ever saw one despite all the new visiting and resident birds, invertebrates and small creatures.
Moved here nearly 7 years ago and it's the same thing - ex farmhouse, ex pasture full of wildflowers and with a large pond already there plus 2 old barns and the old farmhouse. We don't use chemicals, have planted loads of trees, shrubs, bulbs and perennials but no bats.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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We usually have bats roosting in our attic and I love to watch them swooping and diving on summer evenings.
The big 'but' is that we keep a lot of stuff in the attic and the bats wee and poo over everything.
We wouldn't dream of disturbing them (believe it's illegal to do so anyway) but nearly everything has to be protected in plastic bags or under plastic sheeting. The only real exception are the many boxes up there (you know - the ones you keep in case you need to return the 10 year old kettle ....) and things such as hard cool boxes and suitcases which can be wiped clean when they come down.
A bit of a pain - but worth it🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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We have swallows and bats and a time every summer evening at dusk when you see both swooping around the house. Better than TV
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I just love the idea of bats in a brewery!
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
The bats and the swallows are my fav.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We had bats when we first bought our house in Belgium - former farmhouse surrounded by pasture and just 2 ordinary willows. We had a pond dug for drainage, added loads of trees, shrubs and perennials for pollinators and birds but th ebats just disappeared and we only ever saw one despite all the new visiting and resident birds, invertebrates and small creatures.
Moved here nearly 7 years ago and it's the same thing - ex farmhouse, ex pasture full of wildflowers and with a large pond already there plus 2 old barns and the old farmhouse. We don't use chemicals, have planted loads of trees, shrubs, bulbs and perennials but no bats.
The big 'but' is that we keep a lot of stuff in the attic and the bats wee and poo over everything.
We wouldn't dream of disturbing them (believe it's illegal to do so anyway) but nearly everything has to be protected in plastic bags or under plastic sheeting. The only real exception are the many boxes up there (you know - the ones you keep in case you need to return the 10 year old kettle ....) and things such as hard cool boxes and suitcases which can be wiped clean when they come down.
A bit of a pain - but worth it🙂