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MAMMALS
LINK: Small mammal survey 2010
LARGER MAMMALS
| Common Name | Latin Name | Date, Time | Spotter | Notes | Photo links |
| Rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus | 20.8.07, 16:41, 2009 | B. Douglas | rabbit.jpg | |
| Grey squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | ||||
| Mole | Talpa europaea | ||||
| Fox | Vulpes vulpes | ||||
| Badger | Meles meles | 2009 | B.Douglas | ||
| Mink | Mustela vison | Spraint found, and tracks | |||
| Otter | Lutra lutra | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | one sighting by the mill. Several sightings of tracks. Numerous piles of empty swan mussel shells. Adult seen swimming across Rodden Brook adjacent to the eastern bridge. Otter calls heard during August moth trapping - probably pups, suggesting breeding locally. Sighting 2010 in woods above eastern pool. | ||
| Roe Deer | Capreolus capreolus | 24.5.08, August 2009 | B.Douglas | Single young deer seen from road, 11am. August 2009, 6:30pm family of 4 roe deer seen from the road on path by the main lake moving west. |
RODENTS
| Common Name | Latin Name | Date, Time | Spotter | Notes | Photo links |
| Bank vole | Clethrionomys glareolus | 2009 | R.Downes | ||
| Short-tailed vole / Field vole | Microtus agrestis | 22.6.08 | B. Taylor | June 08 survey, lake side area near west bridge and by logs in plantation | shorttailedvole.jpg |
| Common shrew | Sorex aranaeus | 22.6.08 | B. Taylor | June 08 survey, lake side area near west bridge | commonshrew.jpg |
| Water shrew | Neomys fodiens | ||||
| Brown rat | Rattus Norvegicus | 2009 | R.Downes | ||
| Wood mouse | Apodemus sylvaticus | 22.6.08, June 2009 | B.Taylor | June 08 survey by logs in plantation | woodmouse.jpg |
BATS
| Common Name | Latin Name | Date, Time | Spotter | Notes | Photo links |
| Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus pipistrellus | 2009 | M.Ridgard, J.Vickers, FAWG group | Two pipistrelles detected with bat detector then seen in regular flight pattern around the road bridges, around 10pm, dry still night. | |
| Soprano Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus pygmaeus | 2009 | M.Ridgard | During Somerset Wildlife Bat walk on site. | |
| Serotine | Eptesicus serotinus | 2007 | M.Ridgard, J.Vickers | ||
| Daubenton's bat | Myotis daubentonii | 2009 | M.Ridgard | During Somerset Wildlife Bat walk on site. | |
| Noctule | Nyctalus noctula | 2009 | M.Ridgard | During Somerset Wildlife Bat walk on site. |
