Innovative mammal conservation
You can now make donations to the Sussex Bat Appeal through Sussex Bat Group’s Just Giving page. All donations will go towards saving a crucial new roost in Southeast England and help the spread of greater horseshoe bats into southeast England. Sussex Bat Appeal Update – 2 March 2022 Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful Read More
26th October 2021
Great News! We have raised the deposit to take the Stables in West Sussex off the open market! A small but significant group of greater horseshoe bats has recently been discovered using this dilapidated building as a maternity roost. This is very exciting as it is the first known breeding population east of its current stronghold in southwest England. But we Read More
27th September 2021
DEADLINE REACHED – we are no longer accepting applications for this post. VWT is looking for a Bat Programme Manager to drive forward its bat conservation programme, build on existing success and create new projects and areas of work to deliver the Trust’s Ten-Year Strategy. We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic scientist Read More
14th September 2021
Please help us raise £350,000 to protect Britain’s most easterly breeding colony of greater horseshoe bats… Sussex Bat Appeal Latest (27 April 2022) More Fantastic News! Thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors alike, we are now more than a quarter of the way to the £150K needed to restore and enhance the derelict stable Read More
2nd September 2021
VWT is pleased to publish its Annual Report for 2020. This report gives an overview of the past year’s highlights, its projects, its partners and its audited financial statements.
4th August 2021
A new report outlining a long-term strategic recovery plan for pine martens in Britain has just been produced by VWT with support from Natural England and NatureScot. The aim of this document is to set out a strategic, long-term recovery plan for pine martens in Britain. It follows on from a previous strategy produced in 2011 Read More
13th July 2021
Vincent Wildlife Trust volunteer, Laurence Dupont, was the first to capture evidence of two kits born this spring on his trail camera. ‘Our moment of magic was when we saw some grainy footage of a pine marten climbing down a tree with a kit swinging wildly from its mouth – and then it returned fifteen minutes later Read More
5th July 2021
Every five years, species with full legal protection on Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) are reviewed through a process called the Quinquennial Review (QQR), coordinated by the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). This year, in a change to the normal process, the Review Group (JNCC, Natural England, Natural Read More
29th June 2021
The pine marten is one of Britain’s rarest mammals and is absent from most of England, but with the help of volunteers and local organisations, the National Lottery-funded Back from the Brink project has confirmed the presence of a pine marten population in northern England. A small number of sightings reported to Vincent Wildlife Trust Read More
1st February 2021
VWT’s 2020 newsletter has just been published! This issue of our newsletter includes a round-up of our work in 2020 and some of our plans for next year. Read the newsletter here.
14th December 2020
