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Serotine Bat

Eptesicus serotinus

884Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
31Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb35
Mar27
Apr23
May116
Jun146
Jul129
Aug173
Sep72
Oct51
Nov34
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England163
2Somerset England76
3Devon England67
4Isle of Wight England62
5Kent England44
6Essex England42
7Bristol, City of England37
8Surrey England35
9Suffolk England25
10Oxfordshire England18
11Cambridgeshire England17
12Norfolk England14
13Worcestershire England9
14Monmouthshire Wales9
15Ceredigion Wales8
821 England50 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
884
Peak month
August
Counties with records
31
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eptesicus serotinus
Group
Mammals
Most recorded in
Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Isle of Wight
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Eptesicus
Name with authority
Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q214869 · GBIF 2432359