Had a look round the small wood at Snelshall East this evening.
Fairly quiet early on, I was hoping to see one or two Noctules go over but no joy. Later on however, a few Common Pipistrelles started to emerge.. attempted to locate their roost by walking in the direction that they were appearing from (easier said than done!) but the trail went cold at the start of Tattenoe housing estate.
A Brown Long Eared Bat was next, but these bats are so elusive.. hunting in the deep woodland canopy, and giving nothing away on the bat detector, that you are always left in doubt as to whether it really was one!
Finally, on the short walk back to the car, the bat detector went ballistic as I walked into a small group of Natterer's Bats feeding on three fairly small blossum covered trees. Spent a few minutes watching these amazing little mammals as they hovered, almost landing in the tree, picking off insects from around the blossum.
Another characteristic of the Natterer's Bat is that they are very inquisitive, and a few times it felt like I was about to be hit by one as they whizzed across my path, seemingly inches from me! | 
