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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3283925" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong><u>Bats and Rats. 12-20 September.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>With pleasant sunshine prevailing, and temperatures sitting in the 20-15 C range, you'd have been forgiven for thinking it was still summer ...but in the underground lairs, the first of the winter bats were back in roosts.</p><p></p><p>Donning torches and venturing underground, a fair collection of bats were found, primarily <strong>Daubenton's Bats</strong>, but also a couple of <strong>Brant's Bats</strong> too. Hopes of a wayward <strong>Multicoloured Bat</strong> proved predictably over-optimistic ...in Lithuania, this rare species is most frequently encountered on the coast on autumn migration. I unfortunately know no site that offers a reasonable chance of success.</p><p></p><p>Rather easier to find were <strong>Noctule Bats</strong> - a whole bunch of them sending my bat detector into raptures as they hawked low over pools near my home on the 12th, perhaps ten individuals or more. Also one <strong>Daubenton's Bat</strong> here too.</p><p></p><p>All nice stuff, but my year list was sitting at a stubborn 47 species, the last new addition being a <strong>Common Pipistrelle</strong> way back in mid-August! Though I now required just three additional species to hit my target, I began to wonder where these would come from ...<strong>House Mouse </strong>and rats of any description seemed the most likely route forward and with this in mind, I began to scout city rubbish piles and neglected corners with the idea of doing a little live trapping. One <strong>Brown Rat</strong> must have heard of my plight however ...returning home late on the 17th, a <strong>Brown Rat</strong> was scampering along the track just before my house, then paused in the headlights! Nice little critter, species number 48 for the year!</p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong>48. Brown Rat.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3283925, member: 12449"] [B][U]Bats and Rats. 12-20 September.[/U][/B] With pleasant sunshine prevailing, and temperatures sitting in the 20-15 C range, you'd have been forgiven for thinking it was still summer ...but in the underground lairs, the first of the winter bats were back in roosts. Donning torches and venturing underground, a fair collection of bats were found, primarily [B]Daubenton's Bats[/B], but also a couple of [B]Brant's Bats[/B] too. Hopes of a wayward [B]Multicoloured Bat[/B] proved predictably over-optimistic ...in Lithuania, this rare species is most frequently encountered on the coast on autumn migration. I unfortunately know no site that offers a reasonable chance of success. Rather easier to find were [B]Noctule Bats[/B] - a whole bunch of them sending my bat detector into raptures as they hawked low over pools near my home on the 12th, perhaps ten individuals or more. Also one [B]Daubenton's Bat[/B] here too. All nice stuff, but my year list was sitting at a stubborn 47 species, the last new addition being a [B]Common Pipistrelle[/B] way back in mid-August! Though I now required just three additional species to hit my target, I began to wonder where these would come from ...[B]House Mouse [/B]and rats of any description seemed the most likely route forward and with this in mind, I began to scout city rubbish piles and neglected corners with the idea of doing a little live trapping. One [B]Brown Rat[/B] must have heard of my plight however ...returning home late on the 17th, a [B]Brown Rat[/B] was scampering along the track just before my house, then paused in the headlights! Nice little critter, species number 48 for the year! [B]48. Brown Rat.[/B] . [/QUOTE]
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