Slowlycatchymonkey Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Clive said: Those figures are frightening.............when I used to turn our outside light on with in seconds it would be swarming with bugs, recently very few. But houseflies still manage to end up in my cuppa when I sit outside. Same. It’s really noticeable this year. Usually the light going through the back door means it’s plastered in moths and insects. This year I’ve not seen a single moth. We also usually see a shedload of bats, they circuit the house hoovering up free dindins and this year so far we’ve seen none 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Same. It’s really noticeable this year. Usually the light going through the back door means it’s plastered in moths and insects. This year I’ve not seen a single moth. We also usually see a shedload of bats, they circuit the house hoovering up free dindins and this year so far we’ve seen none I can agree with number of bats.....when we moved here 8 years ago or so there would be many circling the trees at the bottom of our garden, last night just 2. House sparrows are in very limited numbers too, but bleeding Magpies, lots of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 16 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Same. It’s really noticeable this year. Usually the light going through the back door means it’s plastered in moths and insects. This year I’ve not seen a single moth. We also usually see a shedload of bats, they circuit the house hoovering up free dindins and this year so far we’ve seen none As I said, we've got them all! Housemartins and Swifts hoovering them up during the day and the bats taking the evening and night shifts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 All our bats died from some kind of white mold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tym said: All our bats died from some kind of white mold. I didnt know that was a real thing. Looked it up its said its a fungus, White-nose syndrome, probably introduced from Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I didnt know that was a real thing. Looked it up its said its a fungus, White-nose syndrome, probably introduced from Europe. As a citiZen of the EU i resent you blaming the lab in wuhan china for covid, umm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 58 minutes ago, Tym said: As a citiZen of the EU i resent you blaming the lab in wuhan china for covid, umm. Turns out it came from an American military lab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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