Irish checklist:
No up to date checklist, but a recent list of known Irish bats in: Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
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Number of bat species:
9
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Primary sources of distribution data:
- A National Bat Database is compiled and managed by BCIreland (this will include data from the BATLAS 2010 project).
A copy of the National Bat Database is held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.
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National conservation assessment:
- Article 17 reporting – 9 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.
- Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
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Monitoring or repeat surveys in place:
- 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)
