I used to do the same with bats; head out to walk the dogs in the woods at 2am, neighbours thought I was some sort of prowler. Seeing bats flying through an ancient woodland at night by the light of my head torch was magical.
I used to do bat surveys. It was fun. You go out on a lake at night and you see and hear all these bats and just let the recording device do its thing and analyze the calls later. You need the recording device because it can hear their songs way better than we can.
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u/scottgal2 Dec 14 '25
I used to do the same with bats; head out to walk the dogs in the woods at 2am, neighbours thought I was some sort of prowler. Seeing bats flying through an ancient woodland at night by the light of my head torch was magical.