Mammals

Deer in a field with trees

Deer culling in Britain: what’s the problem and why are deer culled?

Beaver floating in water eating lily

Scottish beavers saved from culls

hunting for big cats in the countryfile podcast

Podcast: On the trail of mystery big cats in the British countryside

The automatic bat detector set up in a garden. /Credit: Linda Smith

Citizen scientists record rare bat via artificial intelligence

Orcas photographed in both Scotland and Norway.

First match between orcas seen in Scotland and Norway

Beaver kit and mother on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Somerset. /Credit: National Trust

Baby beaver makes history, and is named after Marcus Rashford

Mouse on crops

Guide to Britain’s shrews, mice and voles

Grey squirrel. © Craige Mcgonigle

Living With Mammals survey: how to take part and species to spot

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British badger guide: natural habitat, diet and how to spot

Deer in field

British deer guide: how to identify and best places to see

Pine marten in tree/ Credit: Frantisek Koneval

Native predators forced into conflict by modified landscapes, finds study

Extinct for 300 years in England, the wild boar is making a small comeback in isolated patches of woodland, though repeated culls makes them wary customers.

Wild boar guide: benefits, dangers and where to see them in Britain

Bat flying

Guide to Britain’s bats: species, facts, identification and where to see them

Greater horseshoe bat. © Gareth Jones/www.bats.org.uk

Guide to BatFest, and how to take part

A native pine marten (4). Credit Dr Joshua P Twining

Pine martens show a preference for non-native grey squirrels over native red squirrels