A Cautionary Tale

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You may have heard of my tales of woe about the fly attack on the grapes in the greenhouse .
Well last Sunday was the day to adjust the sundial ( there are 4 days in the year when it can be done ), so when I returned from St Bennets we went down to do the biz at noon .
That done we got absorbed tweaking and poking about , as one does once in the garden ; I wandered into the greenhouse to inspect further damage . I had put up some fly papers to try to reduce the numbers , quite successful , but always some collateral damage , moths etc. , but wait a minute , I’ve caught a leaf . What ??
I turned the paper around to look , and what was it ? Along eared bat !! Oh , dear , what to do , I’m ashamed , is it dead ?
I gently touched the tail area and it moved its head .
I caught hold of the tube part of the fly-paper and cut above the bat , so I had it hanging down , and hastily took it to the shaded area under the deck . I put it on some ferns under there and managed to free its open wing , and then the body .
It was still sticky but after an hour or so , it climbed up the wall and disappeared . Phew….. for both of us .
I had some pictures of it , but dropped the camera later and lost the memory card , so it is not recorded for posterity .

• 9 Sep, 2013
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