Species Detail - Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) - 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).
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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
34
6
6
01/01/2012
11/08/2014
1 January (recorded in 1998)
19 December (recorded in 1993)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119464>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)