Feeding buzzes of bats in the Netherlands

Common noctule (Nyctalus noctula)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-06-07          Recorded by: Nanieke van den Berg          Audio file: 911316 

Under:*         Date of recording: 2024-07-06          Recorded by: Gijs Peters          Audio file: 918947 

More: 910950917434, 931008 

* = Sonogram slightly altered for clearity.

Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-07-07          Recorded by: Charlotte Serrarens          Audio file:  920292 

Under:         Date of recording: 2024-05-30          Recorded by: Romee Bleijenberg          Audio file: 910954 

More: 917433, 913356 

Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-08-24          Recorded by: Jasper Geukemeijer          Audio file: 931826 

Under:         Date of recording: 2024-05-22          Recorded by: Charlotte Serrarens          Audio file: 910969 

Nathusius pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-06-28          Recorded by: Sjoerd Luykx          Audio file: 911004 

Under:         Date of recording: 2024-05-22          Recorded by: Jasper Geukemeijer          Audio file: 911314 

More: 911004 

Pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-06-19          Recorded by: Abe-Jan van der Wal          Audio file: 915031 

Under:         Date of recording: 2024-05-22          Recorded by: Nathan Krijnen          Audio file: 911008 

More: 928094920348920330920326

Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii)

Above:         Date of recording: 2024-05-22          Recorded by: Abe-Jan van der Wal        Audio file: 911006 

Under:         Date of recording: 2024-07-10          Recorded by: Thomas Maris          Audio file: 919820 

More: 930242918932, 918875 


In the following videos, the sound of feeding buzzes on a heterodyne batdetector can also be heard:

A common noctule foraging above an open field:                                     Youtube video

A common pipistrelle foraging near some vegetation:                            Youtube video

A pond bat foraging above the water surface:                                             Youtube video


All recordings are licensed under the following Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 license and in courtesy of Sarah Mahie.
All sonograms are screenshots of the recordings imported in the ultrasound analysis software BatExplorer 2.2 (Elekon, Switzerland).