 (Nicholls and Racey)

"Pipistrellus pygmaeus" was found to enjoy alternative roosting sites, to the extent that some found in one colony would exclusively use alternative roosting sites.When these bats were excluded from the original colony during a study done by Stone, et al., the bats did not return to the original colony but in fact started a new colony on one of the most preferred alternative roosting sites.The majority of these roosting sites were in buildings like bungalows and manors which were deemed unsuitable alternative roosting sites.