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BT Are Sharing a Building with the Bats
The smallest and commonest bat in the UK is pipistrelles and it seams that these bats are the smallest European bats. They have dark red/brown fur on their backs and yellow/brown undersides. The ears, nose and wing membranes are black/brown. They occupy a variety of habitats, including open woodland, parks, marshes, farmland and urban areas. Pipistrelles emerge from their roosts to feed relatively early - sometimes before sunset. They hunt small moths, gnats and other small insects, often returning to their roost after a couple of hours, although they may emerge for another feed during the night. A single pipistrelle may consume up to 3,000 insects in one night. In the summer they tend to roost in buildings, bat boxes and trees. In the winter they also use trees and buildings, as well as large churches and cellars. They hibernate from mid-November to the beginning of April. They are rapid, agile fliers, flying about 5-10m above the ground. Even though pipistrelles are not threatened and are the commonest bat in the UK, numbers have decreased over the past decade. They are not listed by the IUCN list of threatened species. About the Author: Use iTalk 247 to make cheap international phone calls
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