Mammals

European badger, Meles meles

Guide to Britain’s mustelids: what are they, how to identify and where do they live?

Hazel dormouse

Guide to dormice: how to identify, facts about the species and conservation

Green hills and countryside

New podcast series: explore the real Watership Down in the first of our new season of 12 weekly podcasts

Weaned grey seal pup on Blakeney Point

Wildlife stories

Record number of seal pups born at Norfolk reserve

Pine marten martes martes on branch in tree

Pine marten guide: how to identify, where to see in Britain and other facts

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) adult female, antlers in velvet, walking across upland moor, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK, August.

Reindeer guide: top facts and where to see in the UK

Four day old domestic pigs outdoors, with black spots on pink skin

Native British pig breeds and how to recognise them

Water vole on a riverbank

Water voles back from the brink in south Wales

Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) one of the largest rodents in the world. It is well adapted to fulfil its role as a vital engineer of swamp habitats

Guide to Britain’s beavers: history, reintroduction and best places to see

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Britain’s most endangered animal species

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British deer guide

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Wildlife stories

Water voles returning to Exmoor after 30 years

Hedgehog image

Wildlife stories

Hedgehogs now absent from large areas of the countryside, finds research

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How Devon’s beaver population is transforming the landscape