Innovative mammal conservation
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
We’re delighted that Chester Zoo has won a Conservation Gold Award from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) for their work on our Pine Marten Recovery Project. Chester Zoo is a major partner in The Vincent Wildlife Trust’s Pine Marten Recovery Project. To help Wales’ pine marten population recover, the Project has translocated 51 Read More
18th June 2018
Back from the Brink’s Pine Marten project, led by Vincent Wildlife Trust, has captured what is thought to be the first ever video footage of a pine marten in Northumberland. Tom Dearnley, Ecologist from the Forestry Commission, said ‘This is tremendous news and we are delighted to witness the return of pine martens in Read More
20th March 2018
We would like to welcome two new trustees to the VWT, Dr Liam Lysaght and Professor Robbie McDonald. Liam Lysaght is Director of the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Waterford Ireland where he heads up a small team of seven staff. He also serves as Head of Delegation for Ireland to the intergovernmental Global Biodiversity Read More
14th February 2018
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lucy Rogers as CEO of The Vincent Wildlife Trust. Lucy has a background in conservation science and conservation delivery. With a PhD in small mammal ecology from the University of Aberdeen she worked for a number of years with FERA (now the Animal and Plant Health Read More
19th February 2018