Bat species recorded on or near the reserve
	Name	Natterer’s bat (Myotis nattereri)
	Description	A medium-sized bat, with fairly long ears and a pink face. Its belly fur is very white. Its old name of ‘red-armed bat’ came from its pinkish limbs. head & body 40 - 50 mm, weight 7 - 12 g, wingspan 245 - 300 mm.
	Feeding habitat	Open woodland, parkland, hedges, waterside vegetation
	Summer roosts	Older, usually stone-built buildings, in roofs and walls. Gaps in timbers of old building, especially barns.
	Winter roosts	Underground sites of all descriptions, caves and tunnels.
	Preferred food	Flies, moths, spiders, other small insects.
	Flight pattern	Flight is slow to medium, and very manoeuvrable. The usually fly at than five metre height, or height when in the tree canopy. often takes insects from the leaves.
	Echolocation	Its calls are very quiet, in a range of 35 - 80 kHz. On a bat detector they are heard as very rapid irregular clicks.
	Status
	Reserve	Although not yet been recorded on the Reserve, Natterer’s bats regularly hibernate in the old railway tunnel in Archbishop’s School grounds, indicating a roost nearby. The Reserve offers ideal feeding habitat.
	Kent	Regularly found hibernating in sites all over Kent, but only two maternity roosts have been discovered.
	Britain	Relatively common and widespread in the south of England, less so in the north. The British population is the most important in Europe.
	Europe	Highly endangered in parts of Europe.
	Conservation	Threatened by loss of roosts, especially as a result of restoration of barns, and the felling of trees.