Bechstein's bat
myotis bechsteinii latin

Bechstein's Bat was named in his honour.

The largest British wintering roost of Bechstein's Bat is here.

Chiddingfold Forest is home to the Bechstein's Bat.

Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) is a species of vesper bat.

Such rarities include the wildcat, Bechstein's bat, peregrine falcon, black stork, middle spotted woodpecker.

The very rare Bechstein's bat and the greater and lesser horseshoe bats along with 5 other bat species are all found in the caves.

This offers protected status to some of the endangered species of animals residing therein such as Bechstein's bats, and breeding nightingales.

Horner Woods are also the home to 14 of the 16 UK bat species, which include barbastelle and Bechstein's bats.

Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteini)

Rarer sightings include the greater mouse-eared bat and Bechstein's bats, with only one known survivor of the former species and the latter only found in deep woodland.

The mammal species reported are Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteinii) and Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).

Absences include the Greater and Lesser Horseshoe Bat, the Greater Mouse-eared Bat and Bechstein's Bat.

In the United Kingdom, Bechstein's bats are most commonly found in the Forest of Dean and Herefordshire; however, a single male was caught and recorded near Colby in Southern Pembrokeshire.

Greater and Lesser Horseshoe Bats are among seven species which roost here on a regular basis, and Bechstein's Bat and Barbastelle, two species rare in Britain, have each been recorded on several occasions.

In February 2008, BCT launched the Bechstein's Bat Project, which aims to establish the distribution of Bechstein's bats and other woodland bat species in England and Wales.

Theresa Greenway's letter was published in the Spring 2009 issue, complaining about this high handed and destructive blanket approach to woodland: "Two of our rarest, Bechstein's bats and barabastelle, are almost totally dependent on undisturbed, non-intervention oak woodlands with a dense understorey for their nursery roosts"

The mammal species reported are Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteinii) and Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).