Flying Foxes

These are Australian "Grey Headed Flying Foxes" (Pteropus poliocephalus), actually a species of fruit bats, which have again taken residence in a park in town - despite the local Council's efforts to persuade them to camp in other places.

There are many thousands of them (see also PiPs) here, probably a large proportion of the total number, as the species is now are listed as "Vulnerable", largely as a result of our very extensive forest fires a few years ago. They are Australia's largest bats and live on fruits and pollen, so they migrate seasonally with food sources.