Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778

Blagdon © Nigel Milbourne 2011

I have taken this list from the Mammal Society website, but modified the Order Chiroptera (Bats) in line with that given in Dietz, 2011. All records are my own unless stated, so any inaccuracy is entirely down to me. If anyone has records they’d like to include, please contact me and I will insert and acknowledge them accordingly. Links will be added to species names (e.g. Lesser Noctule/Leisler’s Bat) to give more information both in a general sense, and specifically relating to Blagdon Lake, as I continue to build the website.

 

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Annotated Site Mammal List [2024 Revision]

Class Mammalia

Order Diprotodontia

  • Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817)., 14th June 2023 (R. Fairley, N.R. Milbourne et al., photograped).

Sub-total 1 spp.

Order Eulipotyphla (Insectivores)

  • West European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758. 6th Aug. 2011 (N.R. Milbourne). Extremely rare.
  • European Mole Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758. 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Eurasian Common Shrew Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758. 2008 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.
  • Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766. 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.
  • Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771. 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Extremely rare.

Sub-total 5 spp.

Order Lagomorpha (Rabbits & hares)

  • European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778. 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.

Sub-total 2 spp.

Order Rodentia (Rodents)

  • Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788. 2017 (Nigel Milbourne). Fairly common.
  • Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758). Extremely rare. One found during a survey for Bristol Water at the Pumping Station.
  • Bank Vole Myodes glareolus Schreber, 1780. 2010 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.
  • Field Vole Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761). 2008 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.
  • Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2012 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.
  • Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769). 2011 (N.R. Milbourne). Unknown.

Sub-total 6 spp.

Order Carnivora (Carnivores)

  • Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758). 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Fairly common.
  • Eurasian Badger Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758). 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Fairly common.
  • European Otter Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758). 2006 (N.R. Milbourne). Scarce.
  • Stoat Mustela erminea
    • Stoat Mustela e. erminea Linnaeus, 1758. 22nd June 2005 (N.R. Milbourne). Scarce.
  • Weasel Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766. 2002 (N.R. Milbourne). Very scarce.
  • American Mink Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777). 2014 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.

Sub-total 6 spp.

Order Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)

  • Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758). 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Fairly common.
  • Reeves’ Muntjac Deer Muntiacus reevesi (Ogilby, 1839). 2nd June 2021 (N.R. Milbourne). Extremely rare. Starting to be seen more regularly.

Sub-total 2 spp.

Order Chiroptera (Bats)

Family Rhinolophidae

  • Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), 2013 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Fairly common.

Family Vespertilionidae

  • Serotine Bat Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Brandt’s Bat Myotis brandtii (Eversmann, 1845), 2013 (D. Hargreaves, N.R. Milbourne). Extremely rare.
  • Daubenton’s Bat Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Natterer’s Bat Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Lesser Noctule/Leisler’s Bat Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817), 9th Aug. 2013 (D. Hargreaves, N.R. Milbourne). Extremely rare.
  • Noctule Bat Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Fairly common.
  • Nathusius’ Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839), 2009 (D. Hargreaves). Uncommon.
  • Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.
  • Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach ,1825), 2017 (N.R. Milbourne). Abundant.
  • Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758), 19th Oct. 2012 (D. Hargreaves, N.R. Milbourne). Uncommon.

Sub-total 13 spp.

Total 35 spp.

Key to abundance:

Extremely rare – five or less records

Very rare – twenty or less records

Last update: 23rd November 2024