Piotr Naskrecki / Dobson's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus grandidieri) pair drinking, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Eric Medard / Kuhl's Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrelle kuhlii) in flight low over water, with splash from drinking in flight. France, Europe, May.

Stephen Dalton / Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus sp) in flight, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus} flying towards insect prey at night, UK

Stephen Dalton / Pair of Common pipistrelle bats {Pipistrellus pipistrellus} in flight, UK

Laurie Campbell / Common Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) hunting at twilight with silhouette of village in background, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, June

Kim Taylor / Common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) juvenile, Surrey, England

Michael Durham / Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) bat flying over desert scrub, near Pine Creek in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Clarno Unit, Oregon, this is the smallest bat found north of Me...

Michael Durham / Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) bat chases a moth over desert scrub, near Pine Creek in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Clarno Unit, Oregon

Kim Taylor / Common pipistrelles {Pipistrellus pipistrellus} flying round Church tower. UK. Digital composite

Duncan Mcewan / Pipistrelle bat head portrait, Scotland, Europe, UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Nathusius Pipistrelle flying, Germany