Mammalpedia

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Text Box: Staffordshire Mammal Atlas After years of scouring the fields, caves, rivers and hills of Staffordshire the Staffordshire Mammal Atlas has been published. It is available from all events or from Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for a bargain £10. Alternatively you can order from

Text Box: Mink or Otter? To tell the difference between otter and mink scat you need to crumble and then smell it! The otter scat will smell like warm hay and fishy, whilst the mink scat smells foul strong puttied.

Text Box: Male or female badger? When you come across badger footprints and can see long claw marks it is a male badger. If there are no claw marks visible it is a female badger. This is because only the females dig the sets.

Text Box: Do you have a hedgehog - not sure? If you think you might have a hedgehog in your garden, put out an egg (after dark, so the birds do not eat it). The next morning examine your egg and if it looks like in the picture, then you have got a hedgehog.

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Text Box: Harvest mice A recent survey showed that harvest mice are present in a LNR in Stoke-on-Trent. An excellent way of finding evidence of harvest mice is to look for their nests. They are approximately tennis ball sized. These mice tend to prefer reed-canary-grass or cocksfoot, although nests have been found in other grasses. The best way to find a nest it too look in the thickest clumps, the stems need to be in reach for a harvest mouse!