It’s Bat Week, a week to celebrate the role of bats in nature.
Bat Week is an international celebration designed to highlight the importance of bats and the ongoing conservation efforts needed to protect these incredible creatures.
Held from 24th to 31st October we will be posting some information about our bats this week.
Bats are keystone species, this means they have an important role in keeping the ecosystem in balance. If bat populations reduce all other plants and animals in the ecosystem will suffer along with humans.
The Common Pipistrelle is the most abundant bat species in the Bailiwick. The common pipistrelle bat is very small weighing around 5 grams which is the same as a 20p piece. Despite their size however, a single pipistrelle can eat 3,000 tiny insects in just one night!