"Paul Giverin" wrote in message
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Somehow in my sleepy state I thought it was the hamster which had
escaped again, even though the hamster actually died about a year ago.
ROFL!

We do see them in the garden at night and we have been thinking of
putting up a bat box.
Oh do. With suitable roosting places disappearing, they need all the help
they can get.
You can buy them on ebay cheaply enough.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/bat-box_Gar...tZ2032QQsojsZ1