Common long-eared bat

Plecotus auritus

12,493Records since 2000

JunePeak month

105Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,065

Feb1,792

Mar297

Apr161

May470

Jun3,033

Jul1,228

Aug951

Sep712

Oct306

Nov194

Dec567

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Kent	England	961
2	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	475
3	Lincolnshire	England	431
4	Surrey	England	384
5	Highland	Scotland	345
6	Worcestershire	England	343
7	Oxfordshire	England	331
8	Devon	England	280
9	Powys	Wales	240
10	Somerset	England	231
11	Cambridgeshire	England	230
12	Scottish Borders	Scotland	230
13	Cornwall	England	224
14	Denbighshire	Wales	219
15	Pembrokeshire	Wales	215

8,122 England2,240 Scotland1,967 Wales158 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 12,493
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 105
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Plecotus auritus
Also known as: Brown Long-Eared Bat
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 12,751
Most recorded in: Kent, Dumfries and Galloway, Lincolnshire, Surrey, Highland, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Powys, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Scottish Borders +32
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Plecotus
Name with authority: Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 47