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UK Bat ID (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Paul Penzance
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Farnboro John
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I'm thinking probably Common Pip, face pretty blackish, small size, muzzle shape.
John
Yes Pipistrelle is my guess also. Maybe contact https://www.cornwallmammalgroup.org/ through Twitter or Facebook as they may be able to confirm and be interested in the details of where found etc.
You could contact the Bat conservation trust who would be able to put you in contact with a local bat worker who could take the bat ion and look after it. https://www.bats.org.uk/
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Farnboro John
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Incidentally you might not want to handle bats without gloves or some sort of barrier between you and them. I'm not sure if bat rabies is present in UK Common Pips but it certainly is in Daubenton's - another common British bat - so you don't want to get bitten, and if you don't even know what species you've got, caution is sensible.
John
John
Paul Penzance
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It didn't look injured so it was put in a dark crevice in the rocks. Unfortunately it did bite my girlfriend who found it, a couple of times! Anyway she did pop into A&E and they said the risk of rabies is very low. Seems Daubenton's is the one with the greater risk
