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Nathusius's Bat

Pipistrellus nathusii

662Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
73Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb7
Mar2
Apr11
May39
Jun104
Jul55
Aug117
Sep254
Oct18
Nov4
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dumfries and Galloway Scotland136
2Kent England69
3Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland18
4Fife Scotland13
5Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland13
6Oxfordshire England12
7Surrey England11
8Devon England11
9Perth and Kinross Scotland10
10Cambridgeshire England9
11Suffolk England8
12Cheshire East England8
13Orkney Islands Scotland8
14Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland8
15Clackmannanshire Scotland8
333 England217 Scotland23 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
662
Peak month
September
Counties with records
73
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pipistrellus nathusii
Also known as
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
623
Most recorded in
Dumfries and Galloway, Kent
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Pipistrellus
Name with authority
Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q520425 · GBIF 5218471