Lisa Petersen works in Cessnock but lives in Aberglasslyn and travels home between 5pm and 5.30pm each day.

Ms Petersen said the bats used to fly up quite high above the road, but in recent weeks she noticed they had gotten lower.

She was driving home about two weeks ago when she said a bat flew straight into the side of her car.

“It was quite scary,” she said.

“I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Ms Petersen said she was lucky she had a large Jeep and that the bat hit the side of the car, as it could have been much worse.

“There is a lot of what if’s,” she said.

A few days later, Ms Petersen said she had to swerve to miss another bat, with its wing clipping the side of her windscreen.

Ms Petersen believes the bats need to be moved before something more serious happens.