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Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii. Bechstein's bat is specialized for inhabiting forested areas, and is rarely found outside of them. It is recorded in mixed forests in southwestern Asia, but European populations prefer deciduous forests with high proportions of old trees. Beech and oak woodlands make up a large portion of the animal's habitat.
Family: Vespertilionidae (common bats, vesper bats, and kin) Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus NT globally, [34] VU in Great Britain [6] Serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus LC globally, [35] VU in Great Britain [6] Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteini NT [36] Brandt's bat, Myotis brandti LC [37] Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentoni LC [38]
The surrounding undesignated landscape provides further forage for bats. [1] The designation of the SAC is for the protection of hibernating populations of three species of bat, lesser horseshoe, greater horseshoe, and Bechstein's bat. [1] However, it is uncertain whether Bechstein's bats hibernate in caves and mines. [2]
In 2009 the Bat Conservation Trust launched a detail study of 10 counties in England to determine the range of the Bechstein's bat and in 2010 a lactating female Bechstein's was discovered in Grafton Wood, suggesting that there was a breeding colony in the wood or close by. Another Bechstein's was discovered in the same year at Trench Wood.
The Devon Bat Group was formed in the English county of Devon in 1984 by people concerned about the decline of British bats. Devon, in the South West of England, is of special importance as it supports most of the British bat species and DBG members work to maintain this diversity and increase our knowledge about bats. [2]
Geoffroy's bat, Myotis emarginatus LC; Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri LC and: [n 1] Cryptic myotis, Myotis crypticus NT; Tschuli myotis, Myotis tschuliensis [2] (Eastern Europe) Hovel's myotis, Myotis hoveli [2] Escalera's bat, Myotis escalerai NT (Spain, Portugal, France) Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii VU; Greater mouse-eared bat ...
Both lists were reviewed in 2007, and the total number of UK BAP habitats increased from 45 to 65, and the number of UK BAP species increased from under 600 to 1,150. [ 4 ] From these, the formal list just for England (and laid out below) finally contained 56 of those 65 habitats, and 943 of the original 1,150 UK species.
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