angeli

Fact...bats can eat up to 2000 mozzies each in the night, just learnt that from friend, she is ordering 5 boxes, wants two for herself and friends chipping in for the others...v reasonable about 10 euros a pop...Can put up site if anyone interested... In uk we had bats nest under out porch every year....could see them hanging between wall and frame of porch and their droppings always landed on doorstep

BEVS

Google just told me they've been protected in Italy since 1939. Mind you, should I believe everything I read.

Must have been a relief to see it had gone in the morning.

I'd love to go on a bat watch . I'll maybe try and organise that the next time we can get back for a visit. I hale from Dorset , so it should be possible. I've also wanted to go badger watching too.

There are bats in New Zealand. They are New Zealand's only native land mammal but are endangered. The chances of my seeing a bat here, unless on a serious tramp into the bush , is unlikely.

bricwood

some old wives tales are true like whistling hedgehogs as you know, so are bats caught in peoples hair, seen it, most so called myths have some basis, bats I am not keen personally, the bats that lived near us as kid used to dive bomb and my nan got one caught in hair net

Lorna at Vicenza

Soembody else on the forum pointed that out to me as well but the barman wasn't the only Italian to tell me I should have just whacked it.

indiebird

I'm not sure the Italians follow such things do they??!!

TestaRossa

But this is a country that eats song birds and abandons its pets when going on holiday...believe it...