Richard Bell's Nature Diary, Thursday, 8th October 1998, Wakefield

kestrel

blue tit chasing kestrel

squirrel

hoverfly

Kestrel over the meadow.

Chased by a Blue Tit as it moved off.

Grey Squirrel making from wood to nettle patch, perhaps to cache acorns.

Hoverflies on dandelions on the Balk, the striped pattern resembles a tribal mask.

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pipistrelle

Wakefield Bat Group has taken in a pipistrelle, with serious injuries, which were probably inflicted by a cat. It could be the Nathusius Pipistrelle, a continental species recorded in Britain only since the recent increase of interest in bats.

It has thicker fur than our common Pipistrelle and a hairy tail end, but only close examination of its teeth will prove its identity for sure.

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