Long-eared Bat sp, West Sussex (1 Viewer)

[birdboybowley]

Ok, girlf got home tonight and called me to say there was a bat hanging up in the garage!
Rushed out expecting a Pipistrelle of course, only to be confronted by this beauty!
Now, question is,,,,is it the 'usual' Brown or could it be a Grey....?

 

[birdboybowley]

Could've put this in the Bat section really.....🤣🤤

 

[Farnboro John]

Not an easy ID but this may help:

Grey Long-Eared Bat

From that I would suggest Brown Long-eared Bat. Very nice to find in the garage!

John

 

[pppppvvvv]

Not an easy ID but this may help:

Grey Long-Eared Bat

From that I would suggest Brown Long-eared Bat. Very nice to find in the garage!

John

Really good photos.

Despite them being our most common species (?), I see very few Brown Long Eared bats.

My encounters being of individuals hunting low, back and forth along a ride or footpath. Confirmed by a corresponding near radio silence on the bat detector, until they are really close.

I'd say here in Test Valley, my sightings of BLEs are easily outnumbered by sightings of common and soprano pipistrelle, Noctules, Serotine, Daubentens, and possibly even Barbastelle, and Nathusius Pipistrelle!

Natterer's is another species I find really hard to pin down in my area.