In my last garden I had bats galore. I was longing to see some here and late last night I did. Late, but I just had to send a text to my daughter. "BATS! BATS! I have bats. Love BattyMA!xx Then, in my excitement, I sent it to the tiler who had been out to give me a quote.
He saw it weecalf......late. His plumber mate told me this a.m. He gave me a wary look. Bought daughter a bat detector for Christmas. She saw bats for the first time on Friday and left her dinner guests to try it out. Batty family I think.
Love bats - get the usual small ones in the garden here.
Most amazing though are the Greater Horseshoe bats above Buckfastleigh in Devon - huge things flying up a tree covered track (like a green tunnel) - up close and personal if you don't duck out of the way.
We had a Pipistrelle fly in the front room once at dusk. It did some amazing aerobatics around the room before flying straight in to the wall and braking it's neck.