The group has been participating in field surveys for many years, the results by year are shown below. Update March’25: – 2024 results are not published yet
2023 Somerset Field Survey Results
Same number of field surveys as last year, but still under a third of the recent peak in 2019.
- 1 Survey recorded noctule, one did not (same as last year, -5 on 2019)
- 2 Surveys recorded serotine (same as last year, – 5 on 2019)
- 2 Surveys recorded common pipistrelle (or Pip.spp.) (same as last year, -4 on 2019)
- 1 Survey recorded soprano pipistrelle (or Pip.spp.), one did not (same as last year, -5 on 2019)
2022 Somerset Field Survey Results
The first year without a big Covid-19 impact but numbers are down. With one less field survey than last year 2021, and under a third of the recent peak in 2019.
- 1 Survey recorded noctule, one did not (-1 on the previous year, -5 on 2019)
- 2 Surveys recorded serotine (-1 on the previous year, – 5 on 2019)
- 2 Surveys recorded common pipistrelle (or Pip.spp.) (-1 on the previous year, -4 on 2019)
- 1 Survey recorded soprano pipistrelle, one did not (-1 on the previous year, -5 on 2019)
2021 Somerset Field Survey Results
The Covid-19 pandemic again had an impact on surveys, with similar numbers to 2020.
- 2 Surveys recorded noctule (-1 on previous year)
- 3 Surveys recorded serotine (or “big bat”)
- 3 Surveys recorded common pipistrelle
- 2 Surveys recorded soprano pipistrelle (or “unidentified pipistrelle)
2020 Somerset Field Survey Results
The Covid-19 pandemic had a big impact in number of surveys carried out across the county this year.
- 3 Surveys recorded Noctules (-3 on previous year)
- 3 Surveys recorded Serotine (or “big bat”) (-4 on previous year)
- 3 Surveys recorded Common pipistrelle (-3 on previous year)
- 2 Surveys recorded Soprano pipistrelle (or “unidentified pipistrelle) (-4 on previous year)
2019 National Field Survey results
- Summary of peak numbers of bat passes at each site per species
- Summary of the peak numbers of spots or walks (out of 12) each species was recorded on at each site
2019 Somerset Field Survey Results
- 6 Surveys recorded Noctules (+1 on previous year)
- 7 Surveys recorded Serotine (or “big bat”) (+3 on previous year)
- 6 Surveys recorded Common pipistrelle (+2 on previous year)
- 6 Surveys recorded Soprano pipistrelle (or “unidentified pipistrelle) (+2 on previous year)