Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Distribution 3
The UK distribution of the lesser horseshoe bat can be found on the National Biodiversity Network website here, but they are mostly found in Wales and the Southwest of England. A large breeding colony of lesser horseshoe bats populates the smallest SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in the UK, a 7m² barn in Gloucestershire, England.
The species is threatened by a number of factors, including the disturbance or destruction of roosts, changes in agricultural practices (such as the increased use of insecticides, which reduce prey availability) and the loss of suitable foraging habitats.
However, the Bat Conservation Trust's Hibernation Survey shows numbers in the UK are increasing significantly - by an average of 4.5% yearly between 1999 and 2012, a 77.2% total increase during that period.[1]
Recorded from Counties Galway, South Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry.
The lesser horseshoe bat is rare in Israel.
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- (c) Aleksandar, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Aleksandar
- (c) F. C. Robiller / naturlichter.de, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Kleine_Hufeisennase_cropped.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_horseshoe_bat
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