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The status of Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) in the British Isles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2001

J. M. Russ
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland
A. M. Hutson
Affiliation:
The Bat Conservation Trust, 15 Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BG, U.K.
W. I. Montgomery
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland
P. A. Racey
Affiliation:
The University of Aberdeen, Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, U.K.
J. R. Speakman
Affiliation:
The University of Aberdeen, Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, U.K.
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Abstract

There are now 91 records of individual Nathusius' pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii examined ‘in the hand’ in the U.K., and bat detector records from a further 36 localities in Britain and Ireland. These records are distributed throughout all months of the year with clear peaks in spring and autumn suggesting migratory movements into and out of the British Isles in autumn and spring, respectively. Three maternity colonies have been located and the species must now also be regarded as a resident breeding species in Britain and Ireland.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 The Zoological Society of London

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