Batman II

Batman has cometh and goneth, we're relieved to say that nothing too serious is going to arise from his survey. There are some signs that the barn is being used as a roost but it may only be one bat. If the barn was being used as a nursery roost then we'd have been in a very different situation.

We've learnt that bats have different roosts for different activities day roosts for chilling out in, night roosts for dining and hanging out in (literally, boom boom tsh), nursery roosts for rearing the young and also hibernation roosts. I seem to remember Tim our architect telling us they even have a 'getting jiggy roost', but i may question his authority on this point, bats suffer enough bad press without slandering their character further.

The ecology consultant is going to report the following: -
- Barn owl box condition is satisfied as there is a vacant box nearby.
- Day bat roost to be provided within part of the roof of our small lean-to extension.
- Night time roost to be provided within garage (basically make sure they can get in and out of the building).
- Ridge tiles must not be removed until September
- Nest box for House Sparrow to be provided on site.

We're really happy with this result and hopefully the bats and the birds will be too.

This is where I saw the bat!!