Blog: Mammal

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Great crested grebe weed dance

Animal attraction

Dip into the world of The Wildlife Explorer. podcast. Here are some highlights from our interview with zoologist and author, Jules Howard about the weird and wonderful stories of reproduction in…

Harvest mouse

Mice to meet you!

Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces the four species of mice you can see in the UK.

Hedgehog

Great Baddow Hedgehogs

Urban Wildlife Champions share their experiences helping hedgehogs in Great Baddow.

A female blackbird staling through the long grass of a lawn, with a worm in her beak

Lions of the lawn

Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.

Natterer's bat

Learning about local bats

Urban Wildlife Champions have been finding out how to support bats in towns and villages across Essex, at our free workshops funded by Eat Natural.

A hedgehog curled up.

Homemade hedgehog hideaways

One of the easiest ways to help your neighbourhood hedgehogs is to create a homemade hedgehog hideaway for your garden.

Otter footprints in wet mud

Mammal mysteries

Have you spotted any mysterious tracks or unexplained droppings? Solve the case with some tips from Darren Tansley, the Mammal Detective.

Beaver swimming

Public urged to go wild for beavers

Crucial moment for ‘nature’s engineers’ as consultation closes 17th November. The Wildlife Trusts are asking the public to support plans that could see beavers released into the wild in England.…