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Simon King, Hon. Patron of Lee Valley Bats
 
bat species - click on photographs for enlargement
 
 
KNOWN SPECIES IN THE 'LEE VALLEY PARK' (10):
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Wingspan: 18cm-25cm. Head & Body: 3.3cm-4.8cm. Weight: 4g-7g
Frequency range: 40-83kHz
Peak frequency: 45kHz
Pipistrelles are our smallest and most common UK bats
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde

 

 

 

Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Wingspan: 18cm-25cm. Head & Body: 3.3cm-4.8cm. Weight: 4g-7g
Frequency range: 47-90kHz
Peak frequency: 55kHz
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Nathusius Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)
Wingspan: 22-25cm. Head & Body: 4.5cm-5.5cm. Weight: 6g-15g
Frequency range: 34-79kHz
Peak frequency: 40kHz
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Brown Long-eared (Plecotus auritus)
Wingspan: 23cm-28.5cm. Head & Body: 3.7cm-5.2cm. Weight: 6g-12g
Frequency range: 28-92kHz
Peak frequency:
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Daubenton's (Myotis daubentonii)
Wingspan: 24cm-27.5cm. Head & Body: 4.5cm-5.5cm. Weight: 6g-12g
Frequency range: 32 - 87 khZ
Peak frequency:
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus)
Wingspan: 32cm-38cm. Head & Body: 58cm-80cm. Weight: 15g-35g
Frequency range: 22-32kHz
Peak frequency:
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Wingspan: 33cm-45cm. Head & Body: 6cm-8.2cm. Weight: 18g-40g
Frequency range: 15-52kHz
Peak frequency:
The Noctule is our largest UK bat
(C) Rollin Verlinde
 
Leisler's (Nyctalus leisleri)
Wingspan: 26cm-32cm. Head & Body: 5cm-7cm. Weight: 12g-20g
Frequency range: 20-61kHz
Peak frequency:
 
Natterer's (Myotis nattereri)
.specs to come
 
Brandt's (Myotis brandtii)
.specs to come
 
POSSIBLE SPECIES IN THE 'LEE VALLEY PARK' (2):
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(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Wingspan: 26cm-29cm. Head & Body: 4cm-5.5cm. Weight: 6g-13g
Frequency range: 28-46kHz
Peak frequency:
Detected on Hainault Forest survey with Roger Havard, 2007
 
(C) Rollin Verlinde
(C) Rollin Verlinde
Whiskered (Myotis mystacinus)
Wingspan: 19-22cm. Head & Body: 3.5cm-4.8cm. Weight: 4g-8g
Frequency range: 32-89kHz
Peak frequency:
Time Expansion: 180K
Heterodyne: to come