Bats at a watering hole

In between dramatic reports on a new handbag purchase by Posh or photos of the contents of a starlet’s left nostril, the Daily Mail does come up with some good wildlife pictures. These are of thirsty bats swooping down for a drink from a garden pond and the clarity is amazing. The photos were taken by wildlife photographer Kim Taylor …

Not in the belfry…

Quite used to pigeons on the balcony, swifts and martins swooping up into the narrow gap at the top of shutters/blinds, another surprise the other day. At night, once the swifts and martins have finished their sweep of the street, ridding us of bugs, it’s the turn of the bats. They are very interesting to watch. This time, though, I …