Lesser Horseshoe Bat

The bat has been using our shed for six years (to my knowledge) and generally that usage has been during the summer, perhaps for just a night or two or sometimes it seems for longer periods. It is difficult to be precise because I don't routinely check on whether it is there partly because I don't want to disturb it. I was surprised that it seemed to be there for the last six weeks or so as we have moved into and through November - I was expecting that it would have gone somewhere more protected to hibernate. However the weather has been unduly warm. The frosts of the last few days seem to have finally caused it to move and I can breathe a sigh of relief that is not simply a corpse hanging fron the shed ceiling!