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Greater horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

6,208Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
22Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan949
Feb1,415
Mar431
Apr65
May107
Jun258
Jul1,319
Aug170
Sep160
Oct80
Nov569
Dec494

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales1,199
2Devon England1,092
3Cornwall England605
4Swansea Wales439
5Carmarthenshire Wales377
6Dorset England326
7Somerset England326
8Bristol, City of England201
9Gloucestershire England185
10Monmouthshire Wales80
11Powys Wales72
12Bath and North East Somerset England64
13Torbay England28
14Gwynedd Wales27
15Worcestershire England24
3,323 England2,874 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,208
Peak month
February
Counties with records
22
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,274
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Rhinolophidae
Genus
Rhinolophus
Name with authority
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q737413 · GBIF 2432655