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Where does the Common Pipistrelle live?

Pipistrellus pipistrellus has 3,234,770 records in 62 countries and territories, from 1831 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle — Drahkrub / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaePipistrellus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 2,448,061
Netherlands 408,727
United Kingdom 232,849
Switzerland 64,065
Belgium 25,661
Spain 21,827
Germany 10,371
Portugal 8,553
Luxembourg 6,206
Isle of Man 2,097
Sweden 1,631
Denmark 918
Greece 519
Austria 513
Ukraine 411
Poland 311
Georgia 303
North Macedonia 293
Bulgaria 224
Afghanistan 196
Italy 132
Armenia 131
Estonia 84
Czechia 79
Israel 62
Andorra 53
Azerbaijan 52
Montenegro 49
Iran 41
Syria 39
Jersey 37
Türkiye 29
Ireland 24
Norway 22
Russia 21
Morocco 20
Guernsey 19
Hungary 16
Malta 15
Romania 14

Showing the top 40 of 62 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.