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Bat ID,NE Hungary,late April (1 Viewer)

DOC REED

DOC REED

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This fairly large bat was day flying over a lake in Bukk NP. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Paul
 

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Large, day-flying and that colour would lead me to think Noctule, but I'm no expert and I don't know what other possibilities there are in Hungary.
 
Any other image which provides a frontal view from the head? Would be more easy to check the ears and mouth then.
And I´m also not a pro on this field but own a books about the bats of Europe and NW-Africa which I will take a look at.
 
The underside looks concolorous with the topside and you say its a big bat: for my money its a Noctule. I'm not sure if Greater Noctule is a possibility but I think that's more rufous.

John
 
The bats fur is too shaggy for a noctule spp. It's most likely a Serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus. Large bat, shaggy fur, lighter tips to the fur, ears are black, medium sized and more pointed whereas noctule ears are more rounded and paler. It would be much easier if you could see the face.
Cheers,
Daniel
 
batdan said:
The bats fur is too shaggy for a noctule spp. It's most likely a Serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus. Large bat, shaggy fur, lighter tips to the fur, ears are black, medium sized and more pointed whereas noctule ears are more rounded and paler. It would be much easier if you could see the face.
Cheers,
Daniel
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Thanks to all.I will check if there is another image showing the face better but I don't think there is.
 
batdan said:
The bats fur is too shaggy for a noctule spp. It's most likely a Serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus. Large bat, shaggy fur, lighter tips to the fur, ears are black, medium sized and more pointed whereas noctule ears are more rounded and paler. It would be much easier if you could see the face.
Cheers,
Daniel
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Give you that one!

John
 
batdan said:
The bats fur is too shaggy for a noctule spp. It's most likely a Serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus. Large bat, shaggy fur, lighter tips to the fur, ears are black, medium sized and more pointed whereas noctule ears are more rounded and paler. It would be much easier if you could see the face.
Cheers,
Daniel
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This is certainly Serotine Bat.
It's one of the commonest species in Hungary.
I DO have a book on Hungarian bats (the only one!!) as I live
here, and other suggestions are not correct.
They fly nightly outside my flat here in Budapest.
Best
David
 
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