A Bat Has Settled On Interior Wall.

[Coppit]

The well-lit, windows wide open hall of the flats where I live has a bat up in the corner of a wall. It arrived 2 days ago and has not moved. It's no bother and will not be disturbed but comments about this behaviour are welcomed.

Only a few days ago I was wondering where all the large moths we used to see and which settled inside have gone to. Not even small ones are seen nowadays.

I read that this is a butterfly summer but only dozens of cabbage white types are about and pf the others, I've seen only 2 red admirals.

[pastafreak]

I once had a bat settle on my net curtains. We had someone come to remove it, and were told that as it was a baby bat its ability to find its way was not yet fully developed.
Could this be the case with yours?
Contact these people for help.

http://www.bats.org.uk

[Zacs-Master]

Remember a huge moth (my memory has an image of a 6” wingspan but my horror as a child may have exaggerated the size) on the wall in the living room when I was about 7, so around 1970.

[ladybirder]

How lovely but I hope it's OK. Pasta has it, that is the organisation to contact, they will have someone local to you. Have you identified what sort it is yet?

[Coppit]

Unable to locate any Pasta organisation I've asked the county wildlife trust about it.

[KARL]

Is it not possible that it has picked a precise location to settle on ("home") but that it flies about during darkness/night ? In any case, bats are regarded as protected animals so they should not be disturbed except by people operating with the blessing of the authorities.

[LadyCG]

I had one fly into my villa in Spain in broad daylight some years back, and it came to rest on the back of the sofa. At first I though it was a bird and I ended up chasing it out waving a wooden broom at it.

Some days later it was attached to the wall of the villa, hanging upside down. It was like that for a few days before I plucked up the courage to go and touch it and it just dropped down to the ground, deader than dead thing.

[pastafreak]

Once, on a visit to the in-laws in Scotland, there was one staring up at me from the bottom of the shower. Probably brought in by the cat.