Innovative mammal conservation
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
For the last year, we’ve been attempting to get to grips with how to monitor weasels and stoats. Although both species are considered to be widespread and common in Britain, little is known about their abundance and population trends outside of game estates, and there is currently no reliable, cost-effective method to monitor live weasels Read More
21st February 2019
The VWT and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon are organising the 33rd European Mustelid Colloquium, which will be held on 8-11 October 2019 at the University of Lisbon. Please save the date! Registration and abstract submission will be available from early 2019. For further details, visit the Colloquium website.
13th December 2018
VWT’s latest newsletter has been published! This issue of our newsletter includes the launch of a new website for pine martens in Ireland, the latest updates on our pine marten work in Wales and northern England, ringing Barbastelles and other bat research projects, results from this year’s research on weasels and stoats, updates from conferences Read More
10th December 2018
A small native Irish mammal has entered the digital age by having its own website. www.pinemarten.ie is a one-stop shop for information on pine martens in Ireland, and is the result of a partnership between Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Read More
29th November 2018
We’re delighted to welcome two new Bat Conservation Officers to the Trust. Tom Kitching is a bat biologist, with an MRes in Biodiversity and Conservation. He has a background in working with volunteers at various international wildlife NGOs, on a range of terrestrial mammals. Since specialising in bats, he has undertaken research modelling the distribution Read More
15th November 2018
Update on the pine marten carcass found in July 2018 on the A38 in Derbyshire The Vincent Wildlife Trust has confirmed that the pine marten carcass recovered in July 2018 from the A38 near Belper had been translocated from Scotland to mid-Wales in 2015 as part of the Trust’s Pine Marten Recovery Project. This individual Read More
29th August 2018