Neither can I Nut, and it matches the behaviour of the bats here who come out of the nearby chalk mine and flit around the garden at dusk after moths and mosquitoes.
One goes to a neighbouring house and regularly flits around triggering a security light which he's learnt attracts moths - clever!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Does sound very bat-like. I get them at dusk in the summer and watch in fascination as I'm having my dinner. They seem certain to be about to smash into the dining room window but turn 90° 1/2 inch away whilst travelling at 90mph - very impressive.
The only other bird I see sometimes doing similar stunts is a wren
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I love Charlie Novembers comments. The bacon i can understand but what on earth is the water pistol for?
Bats don't have tails and this 'bat' does. I think it could be a house martin. Shame, it would be FAB if it was a bat. It is light coloured underneath.
The sound will for sure help to recognise , the behavior really sounds like a swift but they are rarely alone and do make a continuous screeching noise.
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I can think of nothing other than bat that displays the behaviour discribed.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Neither can I Nut, and it matches the behaviour of the bats here who come out of the nearby chalk mine and flit around the garden at dusk after moths and mosquitoes.
One goes to a neighbouring house and regularly flits around triggering a security light which he's learnt attracts moths - clever!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I always switch on the sitting room lights and leave the curtains open to attract insects then the bats perform for me.
Exciting, but not as exciting as watching them swarming round the roost entrance at dawn
In the sticks near Peterborough
The social chat of the pips in my roof is loud and audible to all Charlie
In the sticks near Peterborough
Could be "Superbird" to me!! Great fun though!
Does sound very bat-like. I get them at dusk in the summer and watch in fascination as I'm having my dinner. They seem certain to be about to smash into the dining room window but turn 90° 1/2 inch away whilst travelling at 90mph - very impressive.
The only other bird I see sometimes doing similar stunts is a wren
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Bats don't have tails and this 'bat' does. I think it could be a house martin. Shame, it would be FAB if it was a bat. It is light coloured underneath.
A flycatcher?
The sound will for sure help to recognise , the behavior really sounds like a swift but they are rarely alone and do make a continuous screeching noise.
the only birds that fly anything like that are: