In the past year we have had 3 fox cubs and 2 badger cubs
born in Lynwood and we hope to have more this year. The Badgers have apparently
moved in to Lynwood last year from the set on Broomspring lane. We have
had a bit of a loss from the hedgehog population as one of the badgers
has discovered how to open them like a tangerine! We have found a number
of grizzly hedgehog skins in the area with no body and according to Sheffield
badger watch this is a common learned behaviour that is passed on among
badger sets. The bats have also increased in number due to the large amounts
of insects drawn to the meadows we have recorded at least 25 in Lynwood
in one evening. If you do come down on a summer evening look out for foxes,
badgers, bats and comical wood mice climbing through the wildflowers.
| Common
Name |
Latin
Name |
Notes |
| Gray
Squirrel |
Sciurus
carolinensis |
Common.
Live trapping started 06 to protect nesting birds. 8 removed from
site. Trapping continues. |
| Wood
Mouse |
Apodemus
sylvaticus |
Seen
feeding on beech mast Nov 04. Seen feeding on Spear thistle. 7.06 |
| House
Mouse |
Mus
musculus |
Seen
near flats 8.06 |
| Brown
Rat |
Rattus
Norvegicus |
Seen
being caught by local domestic cat Aug 04. Seen near flats 06. Controlled
by trapping/ferrets. |
| Bank
Vole |
Clethrionomys
glareolus |
Seen
being caught by local domestic cat Nov 04. |
| Common
Shrew |
Sorex
araneus |
Heard
and seen in leaf litter Aug 04. |
| Weasel |
Mustela
nivalis |
Seen
near Crozzal wall 6.06 |
| Hedgehog |
Erinaceus
europaeus |
Seen
foraging at dusk Sept 04. Common 05. 4 lost 9.06 due to Badger predation
(skinned) |
| Red
Fox |
Vulpes
vulpes |
Common
at night. Den on site. 2 cubs 06 |
| European badger |
Meles meles |
Seen
in area Aug 04. Sett nearby in little mesters site. New Sett started
on site 06 seen frequently. |
| 45
kHz Pipistrelle Bat |
Pipistrellus
pipistrellus |
17
Sept 2004 D. Whitely 2 |
| Feeding
1 |
|
Vocalising
strongly Becoming common 06 (12 seen at once middle meadow 8.06)
A. G. Hunter. |
