(Pipistrellus nathusii)

The bulk of this population is migratory entering the county from the near continent in September and October from Eastern Europe. In September 2016 two Nathusius' pipistrelles which had been ringed in Lithuania six weeks previously were trapped at Oare and Stodmarsh. Most Septembers our bat carers get called by the London Array offices to collect exhausted bats found by engineers at the base of wind turbines off the Thanet coast. We know of one maternity roost in Lydd with lekking males calling from nearby bat boxes and soffits in late August.