#soprano pipistrelle

[loveisinthebat]

Borb ( Bat Orb)

[todaysbat]

today's dracula daily had me wondering what kind of bat dracula might be posing as, so I looked up a few things.

Largest species in the British Isles: Noctule Bat (Nyctalus noctula) with a wingspan of 32-40cm (12.6 to 15.7 inches) Another large bat species: Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) with a wingspan of 32-38cm (12.6 to 15.0 inches), less common species found in southern England and Wales Most common: Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) with a wingspan of 19-23cm (7.5 to 9.1 inches) Second Most common: the visually nearly identical (though slightly bigger) Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) with a wingspan up to 20cm (7.9 inches)

source for above: woodland trust

Now those would be the bats that Mina considers normal sized. Now bats certainly range much larger, such as the golden crowned flying fox with a wingspan of five feet. But I don't think we need to look so far from England for a bat that Dracula might turn into that Mina perhaps would view as "giant"

the largest species in mainland Europe is the greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus), with a wingspan up to 46cm (18 in). The greater noctule bat is also one of the few bats known to eat passerine birds*, and the only species that hunts them on the wing (in flight) versus while roosting*.

It's rare in Romania, but it's there. And it looks incredibly adorable

image description: a chocolate brown bat with a silver band on one wing upside down on what appears to be either rock or wood, it is hard to tell for sure. The bat has its mouth open, displaying its teeth, including its pointy fangs. image source: wikipedia

*Aka perching birds. Think sparrows, songbirds, corvids. Passerines are a very diverse group of birds. *There may be another species of bat that also does this, the Great evening bat (Ia io) of eastern and southeastern Asia.

[transgender-chiroptera]

Soprano Pipistrelle, via

[sangaverage]

AUGUST 19TH

I caught my bat friend on camera!

so I was trying to get some pictures and videos of the moon tonight as it looked really aesthetic and...

He's very small and fast but I got the lil guy on film!

Also here's the moon pics for those who are curious

tagging @vampiiriic as you seem to like my bat posting lol

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[electrosquash]

Waaaaaaaaah <3

[bonefall]

sorry if you've talked about this before, but I'm curious if clanmew have different words for different bat species? they obviously differentiate insects and birds, but bat's are harder to distinguish at a glance. cats would have an advantage with their hearing, being able to hear bat's squeaks (and I think different species make different patterns and sounds?) but like. I don't remember how many bat species there are here (I think noctule, pipistrelle, greater horseshoe, lesser horseshoe, daubenton's, whiskered, barbastelle, and serotine? I mightve missed a couple), but I love bat's so thought I'd ask. pipistrelle are the most common though I'm from the south-east of England so I occasionally see daubenton's too.

FOUR bat species! Over here in the main entry for birds, check there if you'd like more trivia on them. Clan cats count them as very special, blessed songbirds.

The ones that Clan cats have words for so far;

Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) = Popep

Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) = Ipi'ip

Long-eared Brown Bat (Plecotus auritus) = Fepfr

Common Noctule (Nyctalus noctula) = Shi'po

There are four more kinds of bat, for EIGHT total in this region, that I have not yet described because I don't have good access to their song recordings (Even the main four were ass on butts to hunt down) If you have clear recordings of the songs of these four I'll add them too.

Pipistrellus nathusii

Nyctalus leisleri

Myotis daubentonii

Myotis nattereri

[mindblowingscience]

Pipistrelle bats have a magnetic compass and calibrate it at sunset, according to a new study. An international team of researchers led by the University of Oldenburg has used behavioral experiments to show that two different components of the Earth's magnetic field influence the orientation of these animals. Like birds, they seem to be sensitive to magnetic inclination. The soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) weighs only a few grams, but it is estimated that members of this small bat species cover thousands of kilometers every year on their nocturnal migrations from north-eastern to south-western Europe. Precisely how they find their way across such long distances in the dark remains unclear.

Continue Reading.

[pumpkinpire]

What kind of bat should my mascot be?

[bat-connoisseur]

Pipistrelle looks like a kiwi fruit with bat wings glued onto it. I love them. Friend shaped

Do you have any fun facts about it?

They really do lol. And you know I have fun facts about my favourite bat!!!!!!

Common Pipis have a very large range. Most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and maybe even a little further east! It's the most common bat in the UK, where I live, and most of Europe too I think. I specify that my favourite are Common Pipis, because there are quite a lot of Pipi species! One of the more notable ones is the Soprano Pipistrelle, because it was reclassified to be distinct from the Common Pipi very recently, in 1999! They have a slightly different range (the Soprano's is smaller), and the Sopranos echolocate at a higher frequency to Common Pipis! The two species can hybridise though.

Common Pipis are also absolutely tiny. Their wingspan is 18-25cm, and their body is 3.5-5.2 cm.

Just look at it compared to this person's fingers. Minuscule.

They also have very erratic flight patterns, they're all over the place, so easy to identify if you see one flit by.

I hope that's enough Pipi facts!! As much as I love them they aren't the most unusual bat, but delightful in their normalcy. Also every bat is incredible and special and must be cherished.

[polytrama]

How do we Survey?

Bats rely on echolocation to see their surroundings. This call is higher pitched than the human ear can register so we use ultrasound detectors.

The detectors play the bat call as a series of squeaks and clicks, allowing us to better track bats visually and identify them at a later date.

To identify bat call recordings we use a software called BatExplorer It compares the calls to an existing database of confirmed examples, allowing us to ID the bats we heard.

However, some species have very distinct frequencies, letting us ID them in the field.

For example:

Leislers Bat = 20-25khz

Common Pipistrelle = 40-45khz

Soprano Pipistrelle = 50-60khz

The other 5 species are much harder to ID and need further analysis on BatExplorer, or from learning off their calls pattern and sound, similar to a birds song.

I'm not quite experienced enough to do that yet.

[loveisinthebat]

Hold Very Gently

[todaysbat]

round four: frosted tips vs the pips

The Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is perhaps one of the most common species of bat in Europe, though this observation was made prior to the discovery that a significant number of individuals previously being classified as this species used a different frequency of echolocation led to the identification of a new species, the Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus). This small brown bat looks exactly like the classic image of a generic bat.

The Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is named for its coloring—the silvery frosted tips of its fur looks like ice has formed on it. The holotype (the single physical example of a species used when it is first described) for this species was collected in Pennsylvania in 1796 by an individual identified as “Master Pancake”.

[transgender-chiroptera]

[sangaverage]

The Bats are back!

And the picture came out blurry lol

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[florriescreamlagoon]

At no point, in the whole of that northern night,

Was there total eclipse of light,

Only a yellow streak, low down in the sky

Against which little squeaks, subliminal cries

Would dash themselves, so to speak—

The pipistrelles. Hours later, dawn would break

To the sound of illegitimate shots

In the field nearby. And whether or not

She had slept, in a strange bed at the end of the house,

One must have broken in, a flitter-mouse,

Ages ago, to winter behind her shelves,

Her married remnants. A piece of the dark, detaching itself

To circle the bare bulb, as wounded, afraid

As she was. Widowhood

And the eerie light of the midnight sun,

And silence, and the abandonment, one by one,

Of room after room, to a high soprano wail,

A purity off the scale

Of human reckoning, would bring it on—

Enlightenment, time to be gone.

Harry Clifton, Pipistrelle

[ainews]

Ghosts have long been a part of Halloween lore, and this year, two bats are joining the fun.

The Wildlife Trusts, a British conservation charity, has released two rare bats into the wild in time for Halloween. The two species of bats—the soprano pipistrelle and the long-eared bat—are both endangered in the UK, so the Wildlife Trusts is hoping that by releasing them, they can help to bolster the bat population.

The bats were released in a wooded area near a reservoir in Herefordshire, on the Welsh border, and are expected to survive by eating insects and other small animals.

The bats’ release coincides with Halloween, a holiday known for its spooky traditions, including ghosts, ghouls, and other supernatural creatures.

“We are delighted that we have been able to give these two bats a second chance at life,” said Wildlife Trusts conservation manager, Graham Wynne. “They are both endangered species and so their release is an important step in helping to protect them from extinction.”

The bats will be monitored by the Wildlife Trusts over the winter, and it is hoped that they will be able to find a safe home and breed in the spring.

So, as Halloween approaches, it’s not just ghosts and ghouls that can be found in the woods, but two rare bats as well.