Wildlife In The Garden

Update: Bat invasion …

Yesterday evening I proceeded to retire for the night at 10.30 pm. Upon opening bedroom door there was ANOTHER Bat flying around! (Whether it was the same Bat as yesterday I couldn’t say as they all look alike! OH was called and I left the room. He said it was behind the bed!!!
We looked but could not see a thing. Therefore OH concluded it must have flown out through the very wide opened windows. By this time a fishing net had been acquired to capture the said Bat and release…

Out come the vacuum cleaner, room stripped and cupboards moved - nothing. Room put back together and off to bed. 25 minutes or so later, woke up Bat flying around, again, said fishing net was used, Bat captured and released. Off to sleep at approximately 1.30 am.

Fishing net will remain outside bedroom for a few days …

You could try getting some of the screens that you attach to the window frame, with magnetic strips I think, so you can open the window but nothing flies in. You can get them from Amazon. At least then you won’t spend the night bat chasing. 😉

lily,

Woah!

You can't say that about the Chinese so it's unfair and anti-woke to brand Bats in the same way.

I use a tennis bat shaped fly zapper - the sound it makes drives the flies off pdq …

Have to admit I haven’t tried it on a human - now there’s a thought