Records :: Derbyshire Bat Group

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The group maintains the county bat records database. It currently holds over 14000 individual records including details of over 1100 roost sites. Use the below forms to submit your bat sightings to us or to request bat records from us.

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Species of bat currently recorded in Derbyshire can be found on our Bats in Derbyshire page and further information can be found in the Derbyshire Mammal Atlas. If you are looking for detailed information about a specific area or site, please send a request for a data search to our recorder using our Data Request form below. DBCG welcomes records from commercial surveys undertaken in Derbyshire, in order to improve our understanding of distribution and help us protect bats and their habitats.

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Surname

Phone

Date of Record

Location of Bats

Number of Bats

Nature of Record

Details

Our database holds 14,270 records of bats

700+ people have submitted their bat sightings to our database

Bats have been recorded in 84.9% of Derbyshire tetrads

The latest sighting:

A lesser horseshoe bat was photographed roosting at the Heatherdene car park next to Ladybower Reservoir in August 2024. This marked the return of the species to the county for the first time in over 100 years! It becomes the 13th species recorded within the county in modern times.

Bat Records Data Request Form

The Derbyshire Bat Conservation Group runs a data request service, available to commercial and non-commercial users.

Our database holds over 14 thousand records for the whole of Derbyshire although there are some squares which do not yet have bat records, usually because they have not yet been surveyed.

To submit a data request to our recorder, please fill in the form below. Please note that this service is run by volunteers in their spare time and therefore there may be a slight delay in a response.

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First Name

Surname

Company/Organisation Name

Full Company Address

Postcode

Phone

Purchase Order Number

Data Request Details

Site name and/or address

OS grid reference for centre of the site

Please give us EITHER: Area around the centeral grid reference to be searched:

OR: OR: List of 1km grid squares: (one per line)

List of 1km grid squares to search

Deadline for search

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