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  • 27-02-2012 7:45pm
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    E39MSport
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    Pretty sure I just saw one fly about the tree line.

    Too early?


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    johngalway
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    Your thread just brought this thought to the front of my mind again.

    It might be a good time to contact farmers encouraging them to put up bat boxes with this damned Schmallenberg virus on the loose. Bats eat a lot of midges!


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    Birdnuts
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    E39MSport wrote: »
    Pretty sure I just saw one fly about the tree line.

    Too early?

    Certainly not - most Irish bat species take full advantage of our "variable" winters and make the most of any mild weather. Given the lack of winter this year I'd say many didn't bother hibernating in the true sense of the word at all!!

    PS: Fair play JG - when the bats move in, you should invite the Galway Bat group for a visit to see what species you are hosting:cool:


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    Mickeroo
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    Pretty sure I've been seeing bats flying around the last couple of months. not sure they hibernated at all this winter.


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    ThunderCat
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    I saw 3 of them in Bettystown, Co.Meath last week.


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    olly_mac
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    I saw them on the canal in the middle of february. Just up at the Suir road bridge. It's the earliest I have seen them, but I don't cross that way very often.


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    Went into the old boiler room behind my garage about 2 1/2 weeks ago and one flew over my head. Don't know whether it lives in the attic space above or just flew in when I opened the door.


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