Skirr Cottage Diary.

Strange goings on up on the conservatory roof. As I sat reading - Henry Williamson - in the conservatory I kept hearing strange scratching noises above the light on the outside of the roof. Couldn't figure it out. Then I spotted what looked like a small furry animal scuttling along one of the ribs on the roof. I thought it was a mouse but could not understand how on earth it got up there. On closer inspection I found myself peering up at a bat. It had obviously been attracted to the moths that in turn had been attracted to the light which shone up through the roof at this point. They must have also settled on the roof and the bat, probably a pipistrelle, was picking them off. A strange an unexpected sight but a wonderful one - I feel sure Henry would have appreciated it!