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Common Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus

798Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan86
Feb85
Mar19
Apr8
May69
Jun132
Jul36
Aug62
Sep61
Oct7
Nov10
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England134
2Lincolnshire England48
3Devon England43
4Dorset England34
5Carmarthenshire Wales31
6Telford and Wrekin England31
7Powys Wales26
8Isle of Wight England24
9Surrey England18
10Gloucestershire England18
11Gwynedd Wales18
12Kent England15
13Cornwall England15
14North Yorkshire England14
15Monmouthshire Wales12
569 England11 Scotland163 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
798
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myotis mystacinus
Also known as
Whiskered Bat
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
765
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
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 mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)
Described
1817
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q508013 · GBIF 9754263