Species Detail - Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Nyctalus leisleri
Lesser Noctule
Leisler's Bat, Lesser Noctule Bat
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
nylei
(Kuhl, 1817)
terrestrial mammal
Species
545
98
23
27/11/1968
10/02/2015
1 January (recorded in 1998)
19 December (recorded in 1993)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/119464>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)