Oswestry Wildlife

Mammals


Rabbit, Hares and Rodents
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Water Vole Arvicola terrestris
Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus
Field Vole
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus
House Mouse Mus musculus
Doormouse Muscardinus avellanarius
Yellow-necked Mouse
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus

Mole, Hedgehog and Shrews
Mole
Talpa europaea
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Common Shrew Sorex araneus

Meat-eaters
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Badger Meles meles
Otter Lutra lutra
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Polecat Mustela putorius
Mink

Deer and other Hooved Animals
Muntjac

Fallow Deer Dama dama

Bats
Pipstrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus

References:

  • The Wildlife of Shropshire, Michael Leach, Shropshire Books
  • Handbook of the Wildlife of Britain & Europe, Jeanette Harris, Kingfisher
  • Shropshire Wildlife Trust