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    Bat poo ID??

    Does anyone know a good site to be able to ID what bats we have roosting above our hen house?

    Every morning there are dropping on a stone directly below a hole in the eaves.
    I understand they tend to do a poop before going to bed?

    These droppings are much larger than I'd expected for a bat..almost 2cm x5mm.
    There are about 20 of them, so could they be females ???

    I've had a good gooogle and they are certainly not rat droppings- way too big!...and I'd love to know what species of bat we have there.
    I already know we have long eared bats in the garage but this is larger poo.

    Any suggestions where I compare piccies please...(or maybe someone knows already??)

    Jeanie- I know you are our resident bat gal...any ideas please???
    Last edited by Nicos; 28-10-2014, 12:11 PM.
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France
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    Any good?
    http://www.southnottsbatgroup.org.uk..._droppings.PDF

    I have batterer bats living in the hollows in the conker tree in my garden. Not sure if it's any help as it you may have different species in France??? But I was told that the Pipistrelles (think there are a few of them) favour barns/houses to roost.
    Last edited by Scarlet; 28-10-2014, 02:36 PM.

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      Pipistrel droppings are like mouse droppings. This sounds more like a mini pterodactyl!!!
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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        Is there a bat society near you Nicos ? my late brother studied bats & said droppings weren't definitive, better is to get a device that listens to & identifies them from their calls, as good ones are inhibitively expensive to buy (his was near £1200 ) it is generally an interest group purchase
        He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

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        • #5
          Brill site Scarlet! Thanks...looks like mine are monsters!!!

          Roitelet...I'm starting to wonder!!

          BB- yeh- I can find out who does the bat walks round here...good idea!


          I'd love to have an echosounder thigybob..always intended to buy one when we lived in the UK..maybe I can borrow one from the bat group!!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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