Species Detail - Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bats of Northern Ireland".

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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Myotis mystacinus
Whiskered Bat
NHMSYS0000080183 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
mymys
(Kuhl, 1817)
Terrestrial mammal
Species
36
13
10
01/01/1895
31/10/2011
1 January (recorded in 2001)
26 October (recorded in 2006)
Northern Ireland Bat Group, Bats of Northern Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/247/Species/119462

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)