August 2020 Student of the Month - Chloe Warren Contact: chloeawarren@hotmail.co.uk Twitter: @chloeawarren Instagram: @ecology.chloe The term ‘small mammals’ does not define a taxonomic group, but it is widely accepted and used to describe non-flying mammals that weigh less than 35g … [Read more...] about Sniffing out the biases in small mammal trapping
Blogs
See below for our latest blog posts:
Bats on the Red List
by Fiona Mathews Many bats have a perilous conservation status. Globally, 40% of all species are currently listed as either Threatened with imminent extinction, Near Threatened or Data Deficient by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In Great Britain, the first Red … [Read more...] about Bats on the Red List
The Wolf in the Story
July 2020 Student of the Month - Lizzie Marshall Email: wordsonwolves@gmail.com Twitter: @wordsandwolves Website: https://lupineliterature.wordpress.com/ Wolves (Canis lupus) were hunted to extinction in England in the 15th century, though they clung on until the 18th century in Scotland … [Read more...] about The Wolf in the Story
When Weasels Eat Water Voles
June 2020 Student of the Month - Victoria Curley To get in touch: victoria.curley.15@abdn.ac.uk or @VictoriaCurley2 Background Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) are the largest species of vole in the UK and are our fastest declining mammal. They occupy a variety of habitats from upland moorland … [Read more...] about When Weasels Eat Water Voles
Return of the dormouse: evaluating reintroduction success
May 2020 Student of the Month - Emma Cartledge I am currently in the second year of my PhD, studying the conservation ecology of reintroduced hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) populations. My research group, Mammalian Behaviour and Evolution (MBE), is based at the University of Liverpool. … [Read more...] about Return of the dormouse: evaluating reintroduction success
DRAFT 2019 Accounts for AGM
Following publication of the early first draft financial result for 2019, in the Spring edition of Mammal News, I am now able to share the latest draft, still subject to independent review. The result has improved slightly, to a surplus of £18,176, duly mainly to better than expected publication … [Read more...] about DRAFT 2019 Accounts for AGM
COVID-19 – advice to volunteers
The current advice to volunteers carrying out wildlife surveys is that they can continue to survey only if they are following all government guidance in their geographic region regarding outdoor activities, they are maintaining social distancing and appropriate health and safety procedures at all … [Read more...] about COVID-19 – advice to volunteers
Ask the Experts – Urban and Garden Mammals
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to send in your Urban and Garden Mammals questions for our panel and the result of the Zoom session is below. Thank you very much to everyone who sent in questions and to Derek Crawley, Penny Lewns, Fiona Matthews and Dawn Scott for answering them. Special thanks … [Read more...] about Ask the Experts – Urban and Garden Mammals
