Roundleaf bat mothers and kids from Thailand. Three species (𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 and 𝑝𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑎) showing how their pups usually hold on belly-to-belly head-upwards. 🦇 #bats #wildlife #Thailand #cave

In the dim light of a late fly-out, to the tune of cicadas, Nayang’s wrinkle-lipped bats leave their cave…just as they have probably done every night for thousands of years...🦇 #bats #Thailand #wildlife

What happens when you travel all the way back home from Africa to find your sweetheart with another bird?! 💔 That’s what happened to poor old Mart this week who returned home only to find his beloved Martha had found a new partner! Keep up with all the drama here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaB...

Intermediate roundleaf bats (Hipposideros larvatus) hunting flying termites, Thailand. Bat detector audio recording is actually picking up a different bat species. Where one bat is clearly following another it is probably a youngster learning from its mother. 🦇 #bats #Thailand #wildlife #termites

I love this Thai description of bats... #bats #sayings #Thailand #wildlife 🦇

Fledgling collared scops owl - 1 of 3 around the garden at the moment and so much more approachable than the wary adults #owls #birds #scopsowl #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #Thailand

It was a late emergence but just enough light left for some wrinkle-lipped bat fly-out slow motion...🦇 #bats #wildlife #Thailand #batsofNayang

𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐬! Harsh reality but these pink wrinkle-lipped bat pups lying dead on the floor of Nayang cave (Thailand) at least show that breeding is underway and somewhere up in the darkness there are 10,000's of others alive. 🦇 #bats #wildlife #Thailand #cavelife #batsofNayang

Wrinkle-lipped bats leaving their cave in Thailand less frenetically than usual (= slow motion) 🦇 #bats #Thailand #wildlife #wildlifespectacle

An information sheet for tourists about a bat cave in Thailand free to anybody interested. I designed it as an easy-to-photocopy, black-and-white, two-sided, A4 leaflet in Thai and English. Dropbox link for pdf download: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yc0xz... #bats #Thailand #wildlife #illustration

Both peregrine falcons are very active at Nayang cave (Thailand). Before the bats come out they fly above the cave or perch nearby, often calling loudly. They are also hunting the bats for longer. I think they have chicks. Bats for supper tonight kids...again! #peregrine #falcon #Thailand #birds

My fly-out count of wrinkle-lipped bats (Mops plicata) from Nayang cave in Thailand yesterday 🦇

100,000 wrinkle-lipped bats in Thailand

I was just checking who was leaving chewed fruit remains under a coconut frond when I got ‘bombed by a spider 🦇 #bat #fruitbat #spider #backyardwildlife #gardenwildlife #Thailand

Flooded Field Stilts - black-winged stilts feeding in a flooded field of rust #birds #stilts #birdart #wadingbirds #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Wild Geese - flying over the wild landscape of a heavily weathered urban surface #birds #geese #birdart #coast #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Hawk and Sparrows - in some cracking paintwork found on an old wall #birds #predation #birdart #hawk #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Lesser Horseshoe Bats Rusting - hanging like ripe plums or possibly samosas 🦇 #bats #horseshoebats #batart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Bat Flyout - the frantic chaos of wrinkle-lipped bats (Mops plicata) leaving their cave with fear in their wings, within the chaos of an old car's weathered paintwork. 🦇 #bats #flyingbats #batart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Cat scratched starling - leaving a weathered old sign board just in time #huntingcat #bird #birdart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Fieldfares - 23 of them in this weathered old road-sign #fieldfare #birds #birdart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Rocky Ibex - there's a whole mountainside in a weathered road-sign. It just needed an ibex to help show it. #ibex #mountainlandscape #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Winter Pairs - created from a macro photo of a weathered old roadside sign #winter #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #deer

Clan - created from a macro photo of a weathered old outdoor bench #hyenas #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Curlew Wetland - created from a macro photo of a weathered fence of painted corrugated metal #curlew #birds #wetland #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #birdart #weathered #urbandecay

Foraging Flock - created from a macro photo of a weathered old outdoor bench #waders #shorebirds #flock #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #weathered #urbandecay

Bat Flight - created from a photo of a weathered old corrugated fence 🦇 #bats #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

At last the two Indian nightjars posed together for me this morning #nightjars #wildlifegarden #backyardwildlife #wildlife #Thailand

Another chance to play Spot the Nightjar. There are two in this photo...or am I just messing with you? #nightjar #spotthenightjar #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #Thailand #wildlife

Indian nightjars in our garden again - two in the second photo! #nightjars #birds #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #wildlife #Thailand

Indian nightjar looking dry and leafy in our garden (Thailand) #nightjar #birds #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #camouflage

Woodpecker and Hole - created from macro photographs of weathered urban surfaces #woodpecker #bird #birdart #wildlifeart #animalart #natureart #illustration #weatheredsurface #urbandecay

Surf Sea Lions - created using a macro photograph of the weathered bodywork of an old, old car #sealions #oceanlife #wildlifeart #natureart #illustration #animalart #weathered #urbandecay #photoillustration #sealife

Kingfisher - the background is a photo of an old road-sign, the bird is part of a photo of an even older vehicle #bird #kingfisher #birdart #animalart #natureart #photoillustration #urbandecay #weathered #urbantexture

Fragmented Flock - created from a photo of thick paintwork flaking away from a very old vehicle #birds #shorebirds #flyingflock #birdart #animalart #natureart #photoillustration #urbandecay #weathered #urbantexture

Koi Carp - created from a photograph of a paint pot lid found in the ashes of a bonfire #fish #koicarp #animalart #natureart #photoillustration #urbandecay #weathered #texture #digitalcollage

Some bats from a cave near Cha’am in Thailand…🦇 Black-bearded tomb bats (Taphozous melanopogon) Big-eared roundleaf bat (Hipposideros pomona) with a spooky bat shadow behind Himalayan whiskered myotis (Myotis siligorensis) packing a crack Roundleaf bats socially-distancing themselves

Jackfruit Harvest - an exaggeration but it can take me up to 2 hours to get all the fruit out of one! Illustration created from urban decay photos. #jackfruit #harvest #gardenproduce #illustration #Thaifruit #fruit #bigfruit #freshfruit

Bat blur - the fly-out of wrinkle-lipped bats at Nayang in Thailand🦇🦇🦇 #bats #flying #wildlife #nature #Thailand

Smoke and mirrors? An impressive solar cooking array using mirrors for grilling pork in Petchaburi, Thailand. #solarcooking #grilling #solarpower #Thailand

A video sample every minute gave a fly-out estimate of these wrinkle-lipped bats at Nayang in Thailand yesterday of 225,080 bats, but “a bit more than 200,000” is perhaps a more honest view of the accuracy. I like the way the column keeps clipping that tree.

Crocodile Eye - the same photograph as the last one I posted from a weathered roadside sign but with the addition of a crocodile! #weathered #crocodile #urbandecay #abstractphotography #wildlifeart #foundart #rust #macrophotography #abstracteye #photoillustration #animalart #wateringhole

Detail from an old roadside sign #weathered #roadsign #urbandecay #abstractphotography #foundart #rust #macrophotography #abstracteye

Gull's Head - digital collage created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. #gull #seabird #seagull #birds #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Seal in Kelp collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. #seal #sealife #kelpforest #oceanworld #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Hyena collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. #hyena #landscape #predator #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Dipper in Rain collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. #dipper #rain #birds #wetweather #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Redshanks collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. #redshank #shorebirds #birds #wadingbirds #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Moose Woods collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces. That's one way to avoid having to do an eye! #moose #elk #forest #woodland #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #animalart #photoillustration #collage

Fishing cormorant collage - created from photographs of weathered urban surfaces #cormorant #birds #birdart #wildlifeart #urbandecay #weathered #natureart #fishing #photoillustration #collage