By hadrianwild on Skatehive
#bats #flying #wildlife #nature #Thailand The cave is a short 31-kilometre cycle ride from home, although the return in the darkness does feel further... I cycled there 7 times in the last month and drove once. Many years ago I did some research about the bats at a similar site further north in Thailand and it feels great to be making a connection with a bat cave again. Now it's just for my own pleasure and interest but it feels like I have been re-hooked. A handful of tourists visit Nayang in Petchaburi province every evening to watch these wrinkle-lipped bats leave their cave around sunset. There's a viewing platform available for a small fee next to the road with the bats' cave being about 100m up a limestone hillside. From the platform (or the roadside if you are thrifty) you get a good view of the continuous stream of bats leaving the cave in a column that lasts for about 15 minutes. Sharp eyes can also pick out the hawks and falcons grabbing an occasional bat out of mid-air. The