No up to date checklist, but a recent list of known Irish bats in: Marnell, F., Looney, D. & Lawton, C. (2019) Ireland Red List No. 12: Terrestrial Mammals. National
Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin, Ireland
Bats
In 2010, as part of the initiative to review the State of Knowledge on Ireland’s Biological Diversity the National Biodiversity Data Centre produced an inventory of sources of biodiversity data. The inventory was developed by inviting recognised national experts to identify the state of knowledge.
Whiskered bat
Irish checklist
Number of bat species
9
Primary sources of distribution data
- Bat Conservation Ireland – National Bat Database of Ireland*
- NPWS – National Lesser Horseshoe Bat Database*
- A copy of the National Bat Database is held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.
National conservation assessment
- Article 17 reporting – EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2019. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
- Marnell, F., Looney, D. & Lawton, C. (2019) Ireland Red List No. 12: Terrestrial Mammals. National
Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin, Ireland
Monitoring or repeat surveys in placeNational Lesser Horseshoe Bat Monitoring Programme (National Parks and Wildlife Service) All-Ireland Car-based Monitoring Programme (BCIreland) All-Ireland Daubenton’s Bat Waterways Survey (BCIreland) Brown Long-eared Bat Roost Monitoring (currently ROI only, BCIreland
- National Lesser Horseshoe Bat Monitoring Programme (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
- All-Ireland Car-based Monitoring Programme (BCIreland)
- All-Ireland Daubenton’s Bat Waterways Survey (BCIreland)
- Brown Long-eared Bat Roost Monitoring (currently ROI only, BCIreland)