Warwickshire Mammal Group
Over 40 mammals can be found throughout Warwickshire
Our local mammals are listed below in their scientifc groups.
Help us locate and monitor our local mammal populations by sending us your sightings.
We'll be updating this page in the future with more info about known distributions of Warwickshire mammals.
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Rodentia
Hazel dormouse
Mice: house, wood, harvest, yellow-necked
Voles: water, field & bank
Rats: brown & black
Grey squirrel
Throughout the year we'll be holding small mammal events. Get involved in small mammal trapping, owl pellet analysis and other surveys by becoming a member of the Mammal Group.
Has your cat been bringing in small furries? Let us know!
ID tip: mice have long tails while vole tails are short.
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Lagomorpha
Rabbit
Brown hare
We see rabbits everywhere but they're actually really under-recorded! Know a rabbit hotspot? Click here to find out about submitting records.
Brown hares are recognised by the black tips to their ears and their running movement (while rabbits hop). You can often see them running in arable fields, but they're really hard to spot when they're still! Look out for their famous boxing behaviour in the spring!
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Chiroptera
Pipistrelles: Common, Soprano & Nathusius
Myotis: Daubenton's, Brandt's, Whiskered, Natterer's
Noctule & Leisler's
Brown long eared, Lesser horseshoe, Serotine, Barbastelle
Find out more about the UK's flying mammals by joining the Warwickshire Bat Group and getting involved in batty events.
Did you know that our smallest bat, pipistrelles, can eat up to 3000 insects in just one night?! They're very handy for the BBQ season!
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Insectivora
Shrews: common, pygmy & water
Hedgehog
Mole
Discover the red tips on shrews' teeth at one of our owl pellet events!
Let us know about the moles wreaking havoc on your lawns by sending us your records.
Find out more about hedgehogs with the WWT Help for Hedgehogs Campaign.
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Carnivora
Badger
Fox
Otter
Stoats & Weasels
Polecats & polecat-ferrets
Big cats?!
These creatures can be very difficult to get sightings of, but we can often find evidence that they're here. Look out for footprints, hairs caught in brambles and smelly fox poo and otter spraints.
Stoats and weasels are often most active at dusk and dawn and you can sometimes catch them on a camera trap.
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Artiodactyla
Roe deer
Fallow deer
Muntjac
There are plenty of deer in Warwickshire! 3 species occur here in the wild. Have you spotted any on your travels? Send in your deer sightings.
ID tip: Muntjac are the really small ones. The best way to tell apart the roe and fallow deer is to look at their bums - roe deer have plain white bottoms while fallow deer have black lines at the sides and down the tail.