Bats in the Attic?
I think I made the wonderful discovery last week that we have bats in our attic! I am absolutely thrilled. We know there are bats close by and in neighbours roofs and see them just after dusk around our house but as they are so small and its difficult to see where they emerge from have not been sure if we actually had any ourselves. Anyway, last week we had a new boiler fitted which involved the removal of some pipework from our airing cupboard and has disturbed a bit of debris from our attic which fell through and included bat poo! For those that don't know it looks like mouse poo but it crumbles rater than smears under pressure. I am a huge bat fan, especially since studying them extensively as part of my job, and have held several of our native species as part of a bat handler course I took some years ago. They are amazing mammals and always a joy to see. I have no idea what species we have and am only assuming it is a current roost and not an old abandoned one. Our...