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A new vision for the critically endangered European mink
VWT has been working with partners in Spain to trial innovative methods of detecting the presence of European mink, a critically endangered mammal. 'I'm learning to think like a European mink!' I call out to Harry, who is close by on the river bank. We are on the banks of the Rio Ebro in northern Read More
About the excitement of a lesser horseshoe bat call – Volunteer Blog
What has got me standing here, placing nets on the ground to collect Lesser Horseshoe bat droppings in a maternity roost on a mid-summer night? Fair question… Back to early 2017. Freshly arrived from France, I had decided to move to Galway out of the blue to find a job in ecology/nature conservation/animal protection. So, Read More
A return to Nietoperek
In January 1992, I made my first venture into the old states of eastern Europe with a bat visit to Poland. Over the previous three years, the communist bloc had started to break up, travel restrictions eased and opportunities were opened up to visit colleagues beyond what had been the Iron Curtain. I hadn't been Read More
8th International Colloquium on squirrels
I was delighted last year to learn that the 8th International Colloquium on squirrels, an international gathering of squirrel researchers from around the world, would take place on my doorstep at the beginning of June 2018. OK, I admit I exaggerate just a little. I live 22km north of Galway city and the venue for the colloquium Read More
Q&A: Lucy Rogers and David Bullock
What kind of professional journey has led you to where you are today? Lucy: I have worked in both conservation science and conservation delivery and have always been interested in mammal ecology and conservation. I did a PhD at the University of Aberdeen in small mammal ecology on set-aside agricultural land, before working for the Read More
Going Wild in Galway
For the past two years Galway has gone wild…for wildlife! 2017 marked the second annual celebration of Galway's wildlife as part of Ireland's National Biodiversity Week, and thanks to our project being chosen as one of the two National Flagship events by the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), the funding we received meant this year was bigger Read More
Big Week on the Farm
In early March, we received a phone call from the producers of 'Big Week on the Farm' asking the VWT to take part in this year's show to discuss the pine marten live on RTÉ One! The programme celebrates the start of spring every April, running nightly over the course of a week. There are Read More
2nd All-Ireland Pine Marten Symposium
In February, Dave Tosh, National Museum of Northern Ireland, and I took it upon ourselves to organise the 2nd All-Ireland Pine Marten Symposium. As Dave had been working on projects involving both the pine marten and red squirrel in the Armagh area, we decided it would be worthwhile to have the 2nd symposium there. Fast Read More
The pine marten in Ireland – measuring its recovery
As my three months surveying the pine marten in Ireland draws to a close, I am already wondering how I will fill the void left by what has been an intense but hugely fulfilling programme of fieldwork. January dawned cold and dark with many mammals, us included, craving warm cosy spaces and a good supply Read More
Practical steps to protect game and domestic fowl
It has been a year since the VWT and NUIG held a one-day meeting on the pine marten on 1 May 2014, so we thought it would be useful to take a look at what has been achieved since then. For those who were not able to attend the meeting last year, a copy of the Read More
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