Shropshire Mammal Group

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Forthcoming Shropshire Mammal Group Events

Sunday 7th April 2013

10am - 1pm

Pine Marten Scat Hunt

Please contact stuartedmunds@rocketmail.com for confirmation of location and time.

A walk in search of evidence of pine martens in Shropshire, collecting mammal scats for DNA analysis and checking of pre-installed camera traps.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF MAMMAL SURVEYS PREFERABLE AND PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PREPARED TO WALK ON STEEP AND OFTEN UNEVEN TERRAIN.

Saturday 27th April

10am – 2.30pm

Mammals of Catherton Common

Join Shropshire Mammal Group as we survey for common shrews, water shrews, yellow-necked mice and bank voles. This vast reserve was purchased by Shropshire Wildlife Trust in 2009 and has great potemtial for small mammal surveys.

ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE WELCOME

Email shropshiremammalgroup@gmail.com to book and more information

Saturday 11th May

8am - 10am

Mini Mammal Survey

at Lightmoor Nature Reserve, Telford

Shropshire Wildlife Trust's newest reserve at Lightmoor is an oasis surrounded by Telford's urban sprawl and we aim to discover some of the mammals that inhabit the area on this morning of small mammal trapping.

ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE WELCOME but BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Email shropshiremammalgroup@gmail to book

Saturday 1st June

10am - 1pm

Stretton Hills Hedgehogs

Church Stretton area

More details can be obtained by from shropshiremammalgroup@gmail

Shropshire Mammal Group members FREE, non-members £3 unless otherwise stated

There may be a small charge for non-SMG events listed.

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Newsletters

To view the quarterly SMG newsletters please click on the issue below:

14 - Spring 2013

13 - December [Winter] 2012

**Why not join us?**
Individual membership of the group is only £5 per annum renewable in January. Discounts are available for joint membership of The Mammal Society and Shropshire Mammal Group [click on link to membership form below for full details.] (Memberships started after 1^st October will include the next calendar year). If you are interested in mammals this is a good way to find out more. Corporate membership is also available at £25 per annum. Click HERE for a membership form. Corporate Members 2012: Whitchurch Community Water Vole Project, Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, Shropshire Wildlife Trust Ellesmere Branch Corporate Members 2013: Keith Roberts and Son, Lower Wallop Farm Pearce Environment Ltd

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Committee and Contacts

The group can be contacted at: shropshiremammalgroup@gmail.com
Members of the committee elected for 2013 - Click the name to email.

Chairman	Stuart Edmunds
Secretary	Clare Jowett
Treasurer	John Mackintosh
Membership Secretary	Clive Dean
Events Co-ordinator	Paul Roberts
County Mammal Recorder	Gareth Parry
Newsletter Editor	Holly Shingler
Committee member	Malcolm Monie
Committee member	Lorcan Adrain
Committee members	Jayne Richards Martin Noble

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Records of Mammals

Gareth Parry would welcome records of mammals you may have seen in Shropshire. Have you seen a Hare recently? Or perhaps a Stoat has crossed your path. These are very useful records and help build up a picture of where these animals are found in Shropshire and if their numbers are declining or on the increase.

You can use "Make a mammal record for Shropshire" or email Gareth Parry direct. Remember to provide a minimum of:

Who - The name of the person who saw it and if someone else identified it, include their name.

What - The type of animal you have seen

Where - The name, and ideally the grid reference of the place you saw it (you can find a grid reference from the maps on this web site by zooming to where you saw the mammal then clicking on the map - it will start with either SJ or SO in Shropshire)

When - The date you saw it

"Make a mammal record for Shropshire"

As at 4th Oct 2011, 387 records have been submitted

As at 25th July 2011, 355 records have been submitted.

Please keep them coming!

The group has been set up to further the study of mammals in Shropshire and promote appropriate conservation measures. Most meetings of the group will be outdoor field visits and survey events but some indoor meetings are also scheduled.

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Calendar

	Shropshire Mammal Group calendar

Water vole identification

Water Vole Identification

Not sure whether you have seen a water vole or not?

Water vole can be tricky to identify since you may only catch a fleeting glance even if you are lucky or there may only be foot prints, feeding sites or burrows to suggest presence.

There are resources available to help you if you are not quite sure whether you have seen a water vole or a brown rat, there are also training events run by the Whitchurch Community Water Vole Project should you wish to get involved in surveying for water voles in Shropshire.

Photographs of water vole and brown rat for comparison, examples of feeding stations, droppings and burrows are all available on the

Whitchuch Community Water Vole Project Website


Kate's Blog on the Water Voles of Staggs Brook, Whitchurch Kate Long, a resident of Whitchurch and member of the Whitchurch Water Vole Group, is writing a web log (blog) about the Water Voles of Staggs Brook, Whitchurch. View the Blog from the link below: http://staggsbrook.blogspot.com/ Click here to view Shropshire's Water Vole Action Plan

Documents of interest

	Title	Owner	Category	Modified Date	Size
	Hedgerows for Dormice presentation	Dan Wrench	presentation	16/04/2009	6.14 MB	Download

Useful websites

Cheshire Mammal Group

HogWatch

Llangoolen Corridor Water Vole Study

Staffordshire Mammal Group

The Mammal Society

Whitchurch Community Water Vole Project

Mole Watch

	Newsletters
To view the quarterly SMG newsletters please click on the issue below: 07 June 2011 06 March 2011 05 December 2010 04 September 2010 03 June 2010 02 March 2010 01 December 2009

More events April - August 2013

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Spring Newsletter now available

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Shropshire Mammal Group

now onTwitter

Whitchurch Carnivore Survey completed

Harvest mouse survey bags two sheep

Unexpected results at Whixall - more

pine marten scat surveys

SMG member Stuart Edmunds is seeking help with some pine marten surveys - more...

Make a mammal record for Shropshire

Shropshire Mammal Group has embarked on the production of a mammal atlas for the county. We need all the records we can get, especially for the more common mammals which are currently very under-recorded. Just click here and you will go to a form in which you don't even have to type in the name of the mammal! The data will go directly into a spreadsheet which can be used by the Shropshire Mammal Recorder Gareth Parry.

Maps of sightings

Maps of where some mammals have been recorded in Shropshire are being made available from this web site. These maps generally rely on volunteer recorders and members of the public sending records to Gareth Parry. If you have seen a wild mammal in Shropshire you can provide Gareth with the details by clicking Gareth Parry

CLICK HERE FOR MAPS

As at 4th Oct 2011,

387 records have been submitted. Please keep them coming! For a list of the number [and %] for each species click here

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The Mammal Group is on FaceBook. Click the link below to visit the FaceBook site. You will need to register with FaceBook to contribute to this group. http://bit.ly/SMG_FaceBook