When it is recorded
Jan140
Feb116
Mar11
Apr8
May25
Jun56
Jul132
Aug454
Sep153
Oct12
Nov3
Dec40
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset | England | 155 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 125 | |
| 3 | Lincolnshire | England | 83 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 69 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 68 | |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 41 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 39 | |
| 8 | Dorset | England | 33 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 29 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 25 | |
| 11 | Worcestershire | England | 25 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 17 | |
| 13 | Powys | Wales | 14 | |
| 14 | Surrey | England | 13 | |
| 15 | Peterborough | England | 9 |
1,126 England61 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,201
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 24
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Barbastella barbastellus
- Also known as
- Barbastelle bat
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,167
- Most recorded in
- Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Devon
- 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, Habitats Regulations 2010
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Barbastella
- Name with authority
- Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774)
- Described
- 1774
- Contributing datasets
- 22
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q215907 · GBIF 2432582