Species Detail - Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

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

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Rhinolophus hipposideros
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
rhhip
(Bechstein, 1800)
terrestrial mammal
Species
5
5
5
01/01/2010
31/12/2015
1 January (recorded in 1986)
30 December (recorded in 2011)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119456>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)