Noctule Bat

Nyctalus noctula

12,276Records since 2000

JulyPeak month

93Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan9

Feb13

Mar26

Apr100

May639

Jun1,129

Jul8,018

Aug1,202

Sep567

Oct145

Nov20

Dec4

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	1,294
2	Scottish Borders	Scotland	789
3	Oxfordshire	England	579
4	Cambridgeshire	England	449
5	Worcestershire	England	353
6	Gloucestershire	England	282
7	Cornwall	England	261
8	Norfolk	England	256
9	North Yorkshire	England	253
10	Surrey	England	234
11	Devon	England	232
12	Somerset	England	222
13	Herefordshire, County of	England	218
14	Cheshire East	England	202
15	Nottinghamshire	England	174

9,140 England2,361 Scotland752 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 12,276
Peak month: July
Counties with records: 93
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Nyctalus noctula
Also known as: Noctule
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 12,305
Most recorded in: Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Surrey, Devon, Somerset +25
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, 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: Nyctalus
Name with authority: Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774)
Described: 1774
Contributing datasets: 39