Mammals

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

Water vole on a riverbank

Water voles back from the brink in south Wales

Beaver in river

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

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Wildlife stories

Water voles returning to Exmoor after 30 years

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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

Herd of deer in parkland on the Holkham Hall estate in Norfolk

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

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Water vole guide: how to identify, where to see and top facts

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Guide to rabbits and hares: what’s the difference, where to see and species history

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Rural hedgehog numbers fall by half since 2000

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Wildlife stories

History of Cumbria’s fell ponies

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Wildlife stories

‘Hedgehog Housing Census’ launched in response to falling population

Beaver in river

Wildlife stories

The case for and against the reintroduction of beavers in Britain