A group of volunteers rolled up their sleeves to find out more about what otters eat in North Wales at a special workshop last weekend. Over 40 volunteers dissected otter spraints and found more than 23 different prey species in total, including eels, marine and freshwater fish, crabs, amphibians and even birds and mice.

Fancy a walk in woods near Dolgellau that could lead to helping one of Britain’s rarest and cutest small mammals? Volunteers wanted for dormice survey around Dolgellau on Sunday 20 November 2011.

England’s rarest mammal, the pine marten, is living in the Forestry Commission’s Grizedale Forest in Cumbria. DNA tests have provided the first unequivocal evidence for 10 years that this shy and elusive animal is in the Lake District.

Conservationists are celebrating record numbers of lesser horseshoe bats at the largest colony for this species in Europe. This bat colony, found between Bwlch and Brecon, has seen a 10% rise in numbers this year to over 900 bats.