You found a bat where?

[Catherine]

They are not the same kind of bat. You have the common pipestrelle bat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_pipistrelle
This is a really common bat right across Europe into Asia.

We have something called the little brown bat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bat


I think your bat is a little smaller.
Both are great insect eaters. I see ours flying at dusk catching insects. They have a particular cry.

I would think that they both fill a niche in their ecosystem that is very much the same.
I think they are cute in their own way.