Soprano Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

266,742Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

120Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan61

Feb57

Mar73

Apr478

May30,963

Jun57,290

Jul53,538

Aug74,711

Sep44,365

Oct3,785

Nov54

Dec31

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	89,944
2	Scottish Borders	Scotland	54,852
3	Fife	Scotland	18,370
4	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	13,174
5	North Ayrshire	Scotland	11,659
6	East Lothian	Scotland	8,996
7	West Lothian	Scotland	8,324
8	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	6,455
9	South Ayrshire	Scotland	6,076
10	East Ayrshire	Scotland	5,358
11	Midlothian	Scotland	4,234
12	Renfrewshire	Scotland	4,173
13	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	2,914
14	Falkirk	Scotland	2,321
15	Stirling	Scotland	1,745

18,009 England244,742 Scotland3,412 Wales519 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 266,742
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 120
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Also known as: Pipistrelle Bat
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 267,387
Most recorded in: Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Fife, South Lanarkshire, North Ayrshire, East Lothian, West Lothian, City of Edinburgh, South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, Midlothian, Renfrewshire +58
Conservation designations: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, 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: Pipistrellus
Name with authority: Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825)
Described: 1825
Contributing datasets: 50