Our local bats

The Bats of Birmingham and the Black Country

Whether it’s the diminutive common pipistrelle, the stinky soprano pipistrelle, the super chilled Daubenton’s or the rather very shouty whiskered bat, each of these species has their own unique character. Here in Birmingham and the Black Country we have 12 of the UK’s 17 breeding species. We’ve yet to find the elusive barbastelle or Bechstein’s bats in the county, but there are records VERY close by and we wonder if maybe… just maybe… this will be the year that we finally get them on our county list!