Once scarcely seen, polecats are expanding their territory back to Warwickshire according to Dr Johnny Birks, an experienced ecologist and chairman of the Mammal Society. He presented a fascinating talk ...
Gully pots are necessary for road drainage and flood prevention. They can, however, be death traps for amphibians. Each year large numbers of amphibians, both adults and juveniles, fall into ...
In the past, notably during the 19th century, the Warwickshire Museum collected specimens from exotic locations. Amongst our natural history collections we have a number of exotic butterflies, collected from tropical ...
We would love to know what you saw and when and where you spotted it. Please send your species records to the Warwickshire Biological Records Centre with these details:
The four ...
The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is a small species of freshwater bivalve mollusc. Its shell has a striped pattern, hence its name. The overall shape of these attractive shells is ...
Your amphibian and reptile records are needed now more than ever as a new distribution atlas for the county is currently being prepared by the Warwickshire Amphibian & Reptile Team ...
Red Kites (Milvus milvus) are distinctive birds of prey with a large wing span of up to two metres, a forked tail, and a beautiful mixture of black, grey, reddish brown ...
The small Muntjac Deer is widespread in Warwickshire, living in parkland, woodland and even venturing into gardens. Male Muntjac have small unbranched antlers and long canine teeth. They can live ...
My childhood was accompanied by hedgehogs teaching me road safety and not to step out into the road but what do we know about them?
The essential facts
Hedgehogs are around 26cm ...
