Species Detail - Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) - 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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Nyctalus leisleri
Lesser Noctule
NHMSYS0000080185 UnverifiedUnverified
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
nylei
(Kuhl, 1817)
terrestrial mammal
Species
606
95
24
27/11/1968
18/06/2013
1 January (recorded in 1998)
19 December (recorded in 1993)
Northern Ireland Bat Group, Bats of Northern Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/247/Species/119464>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)