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Where does the Noctule Bat live?

Nyctalus noctula has 317,117 records in 51 countries and territories, from 1834 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Noctule Bat
Noctule Bat — Photo: Mnolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaeNyctalus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18342026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 185,529
Ukraine 41,146
United Kingdom 31,060
Sweden 26,745
Netherlands 14,577
Denmark 5,507
Germany 3,513
Switzerland 2,832
Portugal 2,330
Poland 573
Austria 421
Belgium 415
Luxembourg 366
Belarus 336
Spain 233
Bulgaria 225
North Macedonia 209
Norway 202
Estonia 162
Czechia 101
Georgia 91
Russia 89
Syria 66
Israel 59
Finland 42
Hungary 38
Montenegro 36
Romania 36
China 33
Slovakia 32
Italy 27
Lithuania 18
Greece 14
Kazakhstan 9
Türkiye 9
Moldova 8
Croatia 7
Palestine 3
ZZ 3
Ireland 2

Showing the top 40 of 51 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.