Mini mammals in big trouble
It’s that time of year; those long, balmy summer evenings — well some of the time, anyway — and with them, as dusk settles in, comes the sight of bats flitting around the trees, over the water or round the house.
It’s a sight with a very long timeline as there is evidence of bats from more than 50 million years ago; rather longer than we’ve been around. It came as a surprise to me to find out that, as a species, they make up around 20% of all the mammals in the world, and more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK.
Worldwide, bats eat, or live
