A little bat, possibly with a baby hanging onto it:inlove:
I drove home slowly last night, it was windy and raining, and the toads come out and sit on the road when it's wet. I drive slowly so I can spot them and hopefully avoid running them over. there was a dead one this morning, near where I park , I hope it wasn't me who got it. It's also difficult NOT to run rabbits over. I try my best not to, but there are so many and they often run out just ahead of me.
When I got out of my car, I thought it was a toad on the wet concrete, but it tried to fly when I got closer, so I caught it. It was furious and had a real go at biting all around my hand. I don't think it managed to penetrate my skin, but it certainly tried.
It soon settled. I couldn't get a good look, because the light was poor, but I'm pretty sure it had a half grown baby hanging on to its front.
I held it in my cupped hands for about 10 minutes to let it dry its fur and stop shivering. I did consider hanging it on my bathroom towel and leaving the window open, but decided it would probably be better if it was outside and near where I found it.
I set it off to climb up the Yorkshire boarding on the side of the former farm shed, it climbed up my thumb on the way and went through the gap between the boards into the space between the boards and the concrete blocks, a tiny furry body with really shiny black eyes.
I gave my hands a really good wash with detergent.
I don't know whether the wind had blown it (them?) out of a tree or whether a cat had dropped it as I drove in.
