Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodopes Bulgaria - De Zoogdiervereniging

Long-fingered bat - Myotis capacciniiNumber of records — 4 localities with several individuals, 1 location with a roost of approx.2,000 exx.Type of records — bat detector, netting (near Madzharovo), cave visit.Status and distribution — common and widespread.Special notes — 3 bats were netted at the entrance of a small cave near Madzharovo.Habitat — hunting area probably over water.Roosting preference — Some known roosts were visited, i.e. cave Jarasa Ini near the villageVisoka Poljana in the Kardjali district, with >1,000 M. capaccinii mixedwith >2,000 Miniopterus schreibersii. At the entrance of the most denselypopulated cave, photographs were taken of bats in flight.Geoffroy’s bat - Myotis emarginatusNumber of records — 3 records of 1 ex.Type of records — visits to attics and abandoned buildings.Status and distribution — not very common.Special notes — hunting emarginatus could not be positively identified.Roosting preference — in buildings and (warm) caves.Greater mouse-eared bat - Myotis myotis/ M. blythiiNumber of records — 1 - 6 exx. in 5 locations, one known roost of 2-3,000 exx.Type of records — bat detector (once), netting (once), visits to attics and abandoned buildings(2 times), visual inspection of bridges (once).Status and distribution — small numbers, widespread.Special notes — the sibling species Myotis blythi also occurs in the area, but cannot beseparated from M. myotis by echolocation.Roosting preference — in buildings and caves. We visited a known cave near the village Ribinoin the Kardjali district with M. myotis/blythii (approx. 2,000 bats) and>6,000 bats of all Rhinolophid species. One new roost in the village ofMatochina (6 exx.) One day roost, 2 exx. deep inside a pipe under abridge.Greater noctule - Nyctalus lasiopterusNumber of records — 1 ex. in 1 location.Type of records — mist netting.Status and distribution — unknown, probably rare.Special notes — no roosts of Nyctalus species have been surveyed during our visit.Habitat — the individual was caught over a dry riverbank, near an old bridge overBjala Reka near the village Meden Buk. At this location also a N. noctulawas netted.Roosting preference — tree holes. No roost found.Leisler’s bat - Nyctalus leisleriNumber of records — small amount of exx. (1 - 3) in 3 locations.Type of records — bat detector.Status and distribution — probably not very common.Special notes — no Nyctalus roosts were surveyed during our visit.Habitat — hunting bats were recorded in river valleys, high above the water andover a steep mountain slope.Roosting preference — tree holes. No roost found.18 Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodope Bulgaria