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John's Mammals 2016
Just a quick round up, 53 species seen in the UK this year all photographed. Last couple of weeks not done much apart from visit Donna Nook for the Grey seals. Mark -
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John's Mammals 2016
Being Mammal Week I ran a small mammal trapping event at work to educate my colleagues, here is some of what I caught. No prizes for identifying them Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
A catch up of recent sightings. Local Bat catching produced all three pipistrelles' and Daubenton's, a trip to North Wales was very productive with goats, grey seal, harbour porpoise, bottlenosed dolphin, risso's dolphin. Locally muntjac, roe and fallow deer and red fox. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
And a few more including one of the many house mice in my garage. Brant's, Greater Horseshoe, Whiskered and Brants, Whiskered. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
A quick catch up, which has been mostly bats Lesser and Greater Horseshoe, Natterer's and Daubentons, Brown long eared bat and Bechstein's Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
A quick update on recent mammaling, a couple of bat sessions in Cambs. Nathusius' pipistrelle, Leisler's, Brown long eared, soprano pipistrelle, Leislers, natterer's, barbastelle. A rather rushed small mammal trapping session at Fowlmere. Water shrew, wood mouse, yellow necked mouse, bank... -
John's Mammals 2016
A quick update on recent sightings, not quite as exciting at Steve's. Cracking Badgers in Devon Local Common, Pygmy shrew and Yellow necked mouse and brown hares Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
I am going in November so any tips etc. appreciated Mark -
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John's Mammals 2016
Yep there were a couple of juvs out, I spoke to one of the researchers doing box checks and apparently the boxes are the fullest they have ever seen with young dormice so plenty more to come. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
I was at the edible dormice a few days before John, and this year will be a bumper year for them with a very good beech mast year. The youngsters will be out soon so well worth a visit in the next few weeks. They were very accommodating photography wise. Also caught a harvest mouse and wood... -
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John's Mammals 2016
I see John has been going batty, well I have been getting wet in Scotland, not that the dolphins cared. Despite the poor weather wood mouse and bank voles, harbour porpoise, common seal, grey seal, mountain hares, red squirrels, red deer, brown hare, rabbits, a bat sp But the highlight was pine... -
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John's Mammals 2016
One kit and the female beaver seen in Devon on Sunday night Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
Not much recently but popped into the Great Orme while in North Wales to see the Goats a couple of weeks back. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
Some small mammal trapping produced 2 x Harvest mice, 2 x bank vole, 2 x wood mouse, common shrew, field vole and one slippery yellow necked mouse and a family of field voles under a herp tin. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
A quick catch up, several hedgehogs including one garden resident, Sika deer, water vole and brown rat at Arne, roe deer everywhere, dead stoat in New Forest, weasel in Dorset, and of course the beaver in Devon along with an otter at the same time. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
Another trip to Lakenheath and the brecks Pygmy shrew and brown rat at Lakenheath Roe deer, grey squirrel and muntjac in the Brecks Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
Roe deer showing well at Lakenheath and Fallow deer in the New Forest earlier in the month. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
A cracking day in the Forest of Dean early in May, plenty of wild boar and a couple of fallow deer. Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
I have been mega busy both with work and wildlife stuff so a quick catch up to the end of April, just local stuff but still nice to see just the same. Muntjac and Fallow deer at Fowlmere. Soprano pipistrelle and Noctule at Huntingdon Hares all over the place but these in my village Mark -
John's Mammals 2016
Burwell Fen - Cambs This is a real Weasel hotspot I have had several good encounters of weasel there in the last 18 months and sightings on both of my last two trips. Tuesday I visited had had good views of one in a vole hole. This is well worth a visit, other mammals include roe deer... -
John's Mammals 2016
That is quite uncommon in mammals more often seen in birds but here is a field vole I caught with some white on its face, only time I have seen this. Mark