We found a bat in the middle of a hot day clinging to an old log on the pond side path. So after seeking advice from the nearby Knepp Castle Estate we found a small box in the cabin and using a soft towel, gently lifted the poorly creature into it. Our visitor
Marc Easton took her for treatment to a local bat hospital. Bat experts there found it to be an adult female long eared brown bat who has had a baby earlier this year. She was suffering from a prolapsed anus, and dehydration. She is being given water , food , antibiotics and painkillers and is now expected to make a full recovery. When she is completely better she will be brought back to the area where she was found, and released. Bats have a travelling range of 10 kilometres, so she will soon find either her original roost, or another nearby.
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| At the bat hospital |
We'd like to think that when she is released she will look something like this:
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| Long Eared Brown Bat (Library picture) |
Thanks to
Sussex Bat Rescue and the experts at
Knepp Castle Estate.
