This Friday, the curtain lifts on the new bat-punting season, which has raised £36,000 for Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust over recent summers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bat expert Iain Webb from Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust. Photograph: Martin Pope for the Guardian“It’s the best bat experience in Britain,” says Iain Webb of the Wildlife Trust, who devised the concept and is approaching his 100th safari. You’re constantly surprised every time you go out.”The most surprising thing Webb has seen on these nocturnal tours? It illuminates a bat almost skimming the surface: Daubenton’s, also known as the water bat for its habit of seizing insects just above the water.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 06:00 UTC