Squatters

[DaN]

@ NSA - hahahaha lol

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by War Griffon
Yep, bats are a protected species so you are not allowed to eject them from your property and have to wait until they decide to move on of their own accord.

A friends parents had them in the eaves of their house and only discovered them when they wanted to replace the wooden facia boards that were rotting away. They ended up waiting two years before the bats moved on and they could repair the roof/facia boards.

WHAT??? FECKING BATS ARE PROTECTED SPECIES IN GB?


I got about half a billion of the little buggers living under a bridge here in Austin - want some?

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by DaN
@ NSA - hahahaha lol

ditto

 

[War Griffon]

Not really you can keep the ones you have over their, look what happened here when somebody introduced the grey squirrel...

There are places in the UK where they even do guided bat walks so people can pay to see them...

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Originally posted by War Griffon
Not really you can keep the ones you have over their, look what happened here when somebody introduced the grey squirrel...

There are places in the UK where they even do guided bat walks so people can pay to see them...

i just have a cigarette round the back of an evening if i want to watch bats flying around.
they are about as rare as teenagers without spots.

 

[Sand Rat]

Oh, they sell Austin to the tourists with that bridge load of bats.


Come see the bats take off - course they leave out the bit how the little bastards usually crap on take off - thats why I watch the tourists, not the bats.


Yes, I am a vicious bastard sometimes.

 

[Bengoodall]

Same here, hordes of the little buggers.

But they are quite nice, its the owls I dont like, freaking screeching as I write this.

Just set off one of those rat buzzer things, that gets rid of them, and you arent actually touching them, or harming them.

 

[Highbulp Billy]

Originally posted by Queenoftheunifrogs

Originally posted by treide
Cool! What kind of bird is that? I don\'t think I have seen that on this side of the pond.

you get a similar bird with different markings, this is a european robin
lol they do like to nest in cheeky places, there was one nesting in a flower pot at a garden centre where my mum worked.

Pointless fact number 35102:- The European Robin is the national bird of Britain :yes:

 

[Dragonsreach]

The potential fine for each offence is £5,000. If more than one bat is involved, the fine is £5,000 per bat. An offender can also be imprisoned for six months. On conviction the forfeiture of any bat or other thing by the court is mandatory, and items used to commit the offence (for example vehicles) may be forfeited.\"

 

[Bengoodall]

well, there you go then.

Common sense wins every time aye.

5000 grand a bat?

You might as well catch and eat them if your gonna be done for something.

 

[Sand Rat]

WTF are you guys doing to bats over there Mike? FFS we\'ll send you guys some to help with your bat population issues. Hell I mean they\'re great with bug issues, but sounds like ya\'ll need some common sense when it comes to environmental law.

 

[DaN]

Would you believe, he\'s only gone and invited some mates round!

 

[Sand Rat]

Sweet. Gaping bottomless maws to feed.

 

[spazzy]

Dan, I don\'t think HE invited friends, I think SHE already invited friends, and is now a single mom with little rugrats to regurgitate for...

 

[lizcam]

If she\'s a single mom make sure you leave little bits out for her to feed those moochers (and I don\'t mean mini oarts. We\'re not modifying anything here). It takes a lot to feed two sleeping stomachs.

 

[DaN]

hehe - I know they\'re not single - there\'s 2 of em...
The thing that made ME wonder is both of the ones that I\'ve seen have red breasts - which I thought only the males had...
So I thought maybe I had some gay robins! lol

But looking in a book, apparently only the juveniles are plain brown, so maybe they are mummy and daddy

One does look bigger than the other too, so I\'m less puzzled as to how they managed to lay the eggs now

And I BELIEVE there may be up to 5 lil chickadees in that nest - though I\'ve tried not to get TOO close.

 

[Undave]

Gay robins lollollollollollollollollollol

 

[Thunderhawker]

It could happen

 

[DaN]

Holy <insert-stereotypically-camp-phrase-here> Batman!

 

[Undave]

Does Robin get a £5000 fine every time he \"interferes\" with Batman?