Fantastic series of photos! Nice to see this species is now part of a public collection. Hopefully they stick around until my next opportunity to Europe arises.
@Chlidonias Oh yes, now you mention it...
Although couldn’t it be something to do with the lighting or editing done afterwards? You can tell that a lot of the photos online of P.rufus have been edited to make the colours deeper and brighter, so it could just be a result of that as well?
@TeaLovingDave I'm guessing that the "private collection" then was that guy who had the RSCC? The pictured bat still doesn't look like photos I have seen of wild bats.