Bats in my Belfry Noctule Bat

This evening I had reason to go visit the village shop. It was getting close to fall darkness as I walked up the road, I stopped to cross at the junction when something flew in front of me. I kept watching it, trying to identify what bird it was, when I realised that it was a Bat. Not just any Bat but a Noctule Bat, the largest of the British species. I stopped and watched it as it flew back and forth, I think it was chasing and catching moths that were attracted by a street light, but I could not be sure. However I am sure of the identification as it was flying past me only five or six feet away, and it had a wingspan of over a foot, and when I checked in my books, there was no doubt. Well thats the first bat of the year.