Innovative mammal conservation
The bats have returned! As part of the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project, a camera has been installed in one of our large greater horseshoe maternity roosts. You can see some fantastic live footage on the website of the bats in the roost. Visit the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project website to view the live footage. Read More
23rd May 2020
The Bats of Britain and Ireland This is an excellent little introduction and identification guide to the species of bat found throughout Britain and Ireland. Each species description covers roosts, food and feeding, breeding, status and distribution, and identification. This sixth edition has been updated and is available from NHBS.com
1st May 2020
We’re excited to launch our 2020-2030 strategy as we look to the next ten years of conserving threatened mammals using scientifically sound research. We continue to be a catalyst for innovative conservation as we work with new species, new partnerships and new areas. Download and read the strategy here. Cover photo: ©Helen Haden
3rd December 2019
VWT’s latest newsletter has been published! This issue of our newsletter includes our latest work on horseshoe and Mediterranean long-eared bats, new partnership projects on wildcats and European mink, an update on pine marten work in Wales, Ireland and the Forest of Dean, and updates from our PhD students and trustees. Read the newsletter here. Read More
28th November 2019
Vincent Wildlife Trust has just published its Annual Report for 2018. The report gives an overview of the past year’s highlights, its projects, its partners and its audited financial statements. Cover and banner photos: ©James A. Moore
15th July 2019
Congratulations to two of VWT’s PhD students – Cat McNicol and Katie Sainsbury – who have recently submitted their PhD theses at the University of Exeter! Cat’s PhD investigated the impacts of pine marten recovery on grey squirrel populations in Wales, in collaboration with VWT and Forest Research. Katie’s PhD researched the risks to the Read More
15th July 2019
We are delighted to announce a new partnership between Vincent Wildlife Trust and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to help recover nature in the UK. Both organisations base their conservation work on scientific research and have complementary skills, along with experience of working both at national and international scales. Durrell has a wealth of expertise in Read More
4th June 2019
The pine marten has returned to the woodlands of mid-Wales, thanks to the Vincent Wildlife Trust’s (VWT) pioneering project to restore this native mammal to a region in which it once thrived. Between 2015 and 2017, more than 50 martens were brought from Scotland to the woodlands of mid-Wales where they were on the brink Read More
30th April 2019
Through its Pine Marten Recovery Project, Vincent Wildlife Trust has restored the native pine marten to mid-Wales. Over a period of three years, more than 50 martens were brought from Scotland, where they are thriving, to mid-Wales where they were on the brink of extinction. Now, with £20,000 funding from Postcode Local Trust, a grant Read More
4th March 2019
A new paper assessing the changing fortunes of Britain’s native mammalian carnivores has been published in the journal Mammal Review, led by VWT PhD student Katie Sainsbury. Katie is completing her PhD focusing on polecat recovery at the University of Exeter, with VWT and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). For the study, Katie Read More
25th February 2019
