Shropshire Mammal Group

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Next Shropshire Mammal Group Event
Wednesday 8^th February 7.30 pm Mustelids – food for thought with Dr Gareth Parry	Illustrated talk about this often elusive group of important British carnivores and what they like to feed on. Whitchurch Infant & Nursery School off Station Road, Members £2, Non-members £3, u18s £1, incl tea/coffee from 7.15pm [Shropshire Wildlife Trust Whitchurch Branch]
Saturday 11^th February 10am-1pm Mammals: Tracks and Scats workshop Leader Dr Gareth Parry	A workshop on mammal signs identification, plus the opportunity to discover what our native carnivores are eating Preston Montford Field Centre BOOKING ESSENTIAL Please email: Gareth.Parry@shropshire.gov.uk
Shropshire Mammal Group members FREE, non-members £3. There may be a small charge for non-SMG events listed.
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For a printable version of events click HERE

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Newsletters

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

**Why not join us?**
Individual membership of the group is only £5 per annum renewable in January. (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 2011: Whitchurch Community Water Vole Project, Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, Shropshire Wildlife Trust Ellesmere Branch

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Committee and Contacts

The group can be contacted at: shropshiremammalgroup@gmail.com
Members of the committee elected for 2012 - Click the name to email.

Chairman	Malcolm Monie
Secretary	Clare Jowett
Treasurer	Pauline Mackintosh
Membership Secretary	Clive Dean
Newsletter Editor	Stuart Edmunds
County Mammal Recorder	John Mackintosh
Opal Project	Gareth Parry
Committee member	Alan Reid
Committee member	Lorcan Adrain
Committee member	Paul Roberts

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Records of Mammals

John Mackintosh 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 John 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!

For a list of the number [and %] for each species click here

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

Whitchurch Carnivore Survey gets underway

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 John Mackintosh.

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 John Macintosh. If you have seen a wild mammal in Shropshire and can provide John with the details by clicking here.

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

Mustelids – food for thought

Dr Gareth Parry