 Image: CC by-SA 3.0 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus_pipistrellus The Pipistrelle is the smallest and most common bat found in Britain - it weighs less than a 2 pence coin. | Bat Spotting Did you know there are up to 5 different species of bat living in the forest? You can see them flitting around after dusk in the summer months, especially close to the river. Want to hear the sounds a bat makes? Click here to download and hear an audio clip of 4 Pipistrelles just after they emerged for the evening, foraging for food over the river and among the trees along the river edge during the a hot spell of weather Audio: Jerry Sorfleet  Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii You will notice these bats skimming over the surface of the river |  Image: BBC Nature Noctual Nyctalus noctula Britain's largest bat and usually the first to fly in the evening. Useful Links Find out more about bats at these websites: |
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