Nick Upton / Samantha Pickering feeding a rescued abandoned Soprano pipistrelle bat pup (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) with goat's milk from a pipette, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, August. Model released

Simon Colmer / Soprano Pipistrelle bat, 55khz (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Captive, UK

Simon Colmer / Soprano Pipistrelle bat, 55khz (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Captive, UK

Simon Colmer / Soprano Pipistrelle bat, 55khz (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Captive, UK

Simon Colmer / Soprano / Brown Pipistrelle bat 55khz (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) roosting, Captive, UK

Roy Mangersnes / Soprano pipistrelle bat {Pipistrellus pygmaeus} climbing down a tree trunk, Norway. July

Dietmar Nill / Soprano / Common pipistrelle {Pipistrellus pipistrellus pygmaeus} at roost, Germany.

Dietmar Nill / Soprano / Common pipistrelle {Pipistrellus pipistrellus pygmaeus} Germany

Dietmar Nill / Soprano pipistrelle {Pipistrellus pipistrellus pygmaeus} flying Germany

Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Soprano pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) leaving roost and flying out of view, Devon, UK.

Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Soprano pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) crawling out of roost in barn roof and flying away, Devon, UK.

Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of three Soprano pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) leaving roost in barn roof and flying away, Devon, UK.