TeaLovingDave

Bat ID - Pipistrelle? Daubentons?

This bat flew into the house tonight!
And tagging in those people I recall are good with bat identification....

@lintworm
@LaughingDove
@Maguari
@Chlidonias

After I got it out of the house, I measured the distance from the picture frame to the mark on the canvas visible in the image, thinking it might help with scale - approximately 35mm.
 
Common Pipistrelle bats have a body length of 35 - 45mm, Daubenton's bat has a body length of 45 -55mm so would go with Pipistrelle hope this helps
 
Off the top of my head, given the size it's a pipistrelle and given the dark face probably a Common Pipistrelle (P. pipistrellus), though you'd need to take measurements or check the echolocation frequency (or take a DNA sample!) to be sure.
 
Though of course, you can't legally handle these unless licensed or if the animal is injured/unwell - so a bat detector is your only real option!
 

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Panasonic DMC-TZ60
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ƒ/6
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71.7 mm
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1/125 second(s)
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800
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Sun, 04 August 2019 10:41 PM
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