Adult lesser horseshoe bats are pinky buff-brown, juveniles are greyish. One of the smallest British species, the lesser horseshoe bat, wraps its wings around its body when at rest, and has a complex noseleaf related to its echolocation system (both features shared with the only other member of the horseshoe family in the UK, the greater horseshoe bat).
It is rare in Britain and is now restricted to Wales, western England and western Ireland. Its marked decline in numbers is attributed to several factors including intensive agricultural practices. The last known individual of this species in Kent was recorded in November 1954 in Willington Street caves, Maidstone.
While still effectively absent, there have been occasional unconfirmed or transient detections in SE England in recent decades
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