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Brandt's Bat

Myotis brandtii

381Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb46
Mar18
Apr3
May13
Jun93
Jul25
Aug30
Sep22
Oct3
Nov10
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England53
2Worcestershire England45
3Carmarthenshire Wales28
4North Yorkshire England22
5Powys Wales21
6Ceredigion Wales21
7Denbighshire Wales13
8Pembrokeshire Wales12
9Devon England8
10Gwynedd Wales7
11Telford and Wrekin England6
12Surrey England5
13Dorset England5
14East Riding of Yorkshire England5
15Somerset England4
223 England118 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
381
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myotis brandtii
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
349
Most recorded in
Cumbria
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Myotis
Name with authority
Myotis brandtii (Eversmann, 1845)
Described
1845

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q599519 · GBIF 7261875