tarot sparrow

I cycled to town and stocked up on some green tea today, and while I was there I saw an RSPB fundraiser who gave me a number of a national helpline I thought might be able to put me in touch with someone local to make sure the bat was okay, if it hadn't gone off to feed tonight. But when I got home I tried calling and twice the line was dead. It was almost five o clock but I thought it would be better to call the Bat Conservation Trust today and let them know there was an animal that might be of concern, so that tomorrow if it hadn't moved, they would already be on board and ready to come and help. People who run these lines are always nice and helpful, and Felicity told me to keep an eye on the bat (though not to stay up all night and check on it every hour as I had been.. heheh) and call her back in the morning if it seemed not to have flown off at least to feed once more. But then she called me back a minute later and told me it would actually be better to confine the bat, try to give it water on some kitchen roll, and maybe some cat or dog food, and call a number she gave me where someone local would come and try to get it to fly off, and take it away to care for it if it wouldn't do that. The location it had chosen to roost in really wasn't ideal, because the sunlight made it bright, there were fluorescent lights, people walking in and out with rubbish (it hadn't flown away when the rubbish had been collected, which must have been really noisy), kids, and around here... Siamese cats!

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