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whyulittle

Look at this little beauty that I nabbed today!

Feargal as Luimneach

Jaysus, there savage photos! What species of bat is it?

boneless

You lucky thing!!!!

I'm not great on bats. What type is it?

whyulittle

No idea guys, was hoping someone here would be able to tell me.

Absolutely tiny little thing though.

trebor28

why you little.........:mad:

Cardynal

Excellent shots , well done

Half-cocked

What gear did you use? I can never get AF quick enough for bats. Super shots!

whyulittle

Manual focus on a newly purchased Canon 100-400.

Ditch

Oh dear god!!! And I was expecting to see a bat in ye hand. Like one had crawled out of somewhere .....

That is some absolutely stunning photography!

Half-cocked

whyulittle wrote: »

Manual focus on a newly purchased Canon 100-400.

Cool. You obviously have good eyesight!

emo72

i was watching a pair of bats in binoculars last summer. they were very hard to track.
i would describe their flying style as "flittery feckers":D fair play for snapping those shots.

artieanna

Well captured, great detail:eek:, I'm glad he took a daytime flyabout...

mecksimay

Great photographs, perhaps a Leisler's as look quite big but hard to tell really!?

Mothman

What size was it compared to a Swallow or some other bird you know?

whyulittle

Hard to say exactly. I considered it quite small.

Here is the uncropped and cropped versions of the first shot above. It was shot at 400mm, and I'd say was never more than 10-15 yards away.

Rainbowsend

Wonderful shots, and well done for getting them! Maybe a Pipistrelle? They are very small but are a more tan than brown.

sables2

AH Your the man WUL.... What fantastic photo's you produced!!