lesser horseshoe bat
rhinolophus hipposideros latin

Part of the site houses over 400 lesser horseshoe bats.

The Apollo butterfly and the lesser horseshoe bat are vulnerable species.

One small roost of lesser horseshoe bats is known.

The site is used as a roost site by Lesser horseshoe bats.

It is recorded as regularly holding over 300 Lesser Horseshoe bats.

Lesser horseshoe bats are named for their fleshy nose-leaf structures.

Greater and lesser horseshoe bat populations have risen 32% and 41% respectively over the past 10 years.

It is often found together with the lesser horseshoe bat and with M. mystacinus.

The lesser horseshoe bat eats small insects, most of which are gleaned from stones and branches.

The stable block is also used by a few lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros).

It is home to the Lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros.

The wood is also home to the most important colony of dormouse in the region and some uncommon bats, including the lesser horseshoe bat.

The town is surrounded by woodland covered hillsides, which contain caves with rare lesser horseshoe bat.

The site supports Common Dormouse and Lesser Horseshoe bat in particular.

Today the tunnel is inhabited by a colony of about 120 lesser horseshoe bats, but otherwise disused and inaccessible.

The Gorge's many caves are home to colonies of Greater and Lesser horseshoe bats.

The site comprises the roof spaces of two buildings which are used seasonally as lesser horseshoe bat nursery roosts.

Natural England reports (unit of assessment report 2011) that the numbers of Lesser horseshoe bats remained the same as at citation (by chance).

The road runs through the Glynllifon Special Area of Conservation which is home to a lesser horseshoe bat colony.

Rarer small animals include the Mouse-eared bat and Lesser Horseshoe Bat.

The lesser horseshoe bat lives in warmer regions in foothills and highland, particular wooded areas or areas of limestone.

The caves in the gorge provide a winter roost for greater horseshoe bats and lesser horseshoe bats.

The site is notified for its nationally important breeding roosts of Lesser horseshoe bats (one of three sites in Gloucestershire).

Rhinolophus hipposideros Bechstein (lesser horseshoe bat)

On it is found the Iron Age hill fort Castell Cawr and caves where rare lesser horseshoe bats live.

The stable block is also used by a few lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros).

It is home to the Lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros.

The site is used by Lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) as both a breeding and wintering roost site.

Rhinolophus hipposideros Bechstein (lesser horseshoe bat)

Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)

The lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), is a type of European bat related to but smaller than its cousin, the Greater Horseshoe Bat.

Greater Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) and Lesser Horseshoes (Rhinolophus hipposideros) regularly use sites in the Gorge as hibernacular roosts.

The buildings contain several bat roosts and eight species of bat are known to live in this area, notably the Lesser Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros), which roost in the courtyard.

In February 2001 a lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) was found hibernating in a disused mine in the forest, the furthest north in the UK that this species had been found.

There is a particular interest in the study of bats, (they have confirmed the presence of Rhinolophus hipposideros) and of invertebrates but also the anphibian, like Italian Crested Newt and some fishes like Trout, and Telestes muticellus are studied.

A number of bat species have also been recorded at the site including the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus, soprano pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus, noctule Nyctalus noctula, Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii and lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros.

The hazel dormouse is restricted largely to coppice woodland and scrub, while the bats, including the nationally rare lesser (Rhinolophus hipposideros) and Greater Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), have a number of colonies in buildings, caves, and mines in the area.