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Vincent Wildlife Trust — specialising in mammal research and conservation in Britain and Ireland.

The Vincent Wildlife Trust was founded by the late Honourable Vincent Weir in 1975 and has been active in wildlife conservation ever since. For more than 40 years, the Trust has made major contributions to the conservation of many of our rarer mammals. Historically, this included the otter, water vole and dormouse. Today, the Trust’s focus is on the small mustelids, including the pine marten and polecat, together with rare woodland and horseshoe bats.

31/10/2026

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join VWT’s Bat Team and help make a difference… visit www.vwt.org.uk for info on our Bat Reserves Officer fixed-term vacancy. Please also share to your networks.

30/10/2026

Ireland’s first-ever for the lesser horseshoe bat set out an ambitious roadmap to protect and conserve this rare species over 5 years (2022–2026). We look forward to sharing our lessons at the inspiring +PodkowiecTowersProject Closing Conference next week in Poland.

29/10/2026

VWT’s Bat Team is excited about Bat Conservation Trust's Wales Bat Workers Day in Cardiff on 7 November. We’ll be delivering talks and workshops, including a practical barbastelle box building session. We look forward to seeing you there! More info https://buff.ly/twqL1BC

28/10/2026

VWT’s Bat Team is collecting greater horseshoe bat droppings to uncover how their diet changes with seasons, across different habitats and roosts — and whether climate change is impacting insect prey. This work will help identify ways to boost food availability. Natural England

27/10/2026

Last week, members of VWT’s Bat Team were in Pembrokeshire installing barbastelle bat boxes as part of its Natur Am Byth Barbastelle Conservation Project to monitor Welsh maternity colonies and improve existing habitat for this rare woodland species. We’ve now installed more than 80 of these specially designed boxes in Pembrokeshire and on a recent check of the boxes installed earlier this year, we were delighted to find that some pipistrelles have moved in! It’s really heartening to see the boxes being used so quickly – hopefully the barbastelles won’t be far behind! The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Photos: ©Daniel Hargreaves

26/10/2026

VWT celebrates with a new vacancy in its Bat Team! We are looking for an experienced Bat Reserves Officer (fixed term, part-time role) to support VWT’s Bat Programme by managing bat reserves and supporting a range of projects. Practical experience needed in arboriculture and land management using hand tools. For more info, visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies

23/10/2026

Autumn berries in the pine marten diet

Although they're carnivores, pine martens are far from fussy eaters — in fact, they have a bit of a sweet tooth! In autumn, when berries are plentiful, they switch from focusing on small mammals like voles and mice to feasting on blackberries, rowan berries, bilberries and wild cherries — this pine marten is enjoying juicy bilberries.

One clue to their presence is their s**t, which at this time of year is often full of berries!

The project has been made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

16/10/2026

What an incredible !

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, presented and contributed to discussions. With delegates joining from 24 countries across Europe and beyond, the was a fantastic way to share the latest mustelid research, conservation successes, emerging challenges and innovative ideas — and the enthusiasm, collaboration and quality of the science on display was inspiring.

We're grateful to Instytut Biologii Ssaków PAN - Mammal Research Institute PAS and Białowieża Ecology Conference for hosting and co-organising with us, and to all of our presenters, volunteers and participants for helping make the event such an overwhelming success!

We hope the conversations, collaborations and conservation efforts sparked by the 36th EMC continue beyond the conference.

14/10/2026

Cyflwyno ein dyluniadau clwydo ar gyfer Llety Ystlumod Pedol Lleiaf
Fel rhan o’n prosiect , rydyn ni bellach wedi adeiladu chwe thŵr pwrpasol i ystlumod a dau safle clwydo gyda’r nos ar draws Sir Benfro, Gwyr a Phowys. Rydyn ni wedi datblygu tri dyluniad i gefnogi ystlumod pedol lleiaf – tŵr mamolaeth, tŵr lloeren a safle clwydo gyda’r nos NightHaven.

Mae’r tŵr mamolaeth yn darparu man clwydo addas ar gyfer nythfeydd bridio. Mae’r tŵr lloeren yn creu cyfleoedd clwydo newydd yn y dirwedd a gall helpu i wella cysylltedd rhwng poblogaethau a chefnogi ystlumod sy’n symud i ardaloedd newydd. Mae’r NightHaven yn strwythur llai sy’n darparu man gorffwys i ystlumod wrth chwilota am fwyd gyda’r nos.

Cadwch lygad am ragor o bostiadau sy’n canolbwyntio ar bob un o’r dyluniadau hyn!

Ariennir y prosiect hwn gan y Gronfa Rhwydweithiau Natur. Mae’n cael ei ddarparu gan y Gronfa Dreftadaeth, ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru.

Introducing our Landscape for Lessers roost designs
As part of our project, we’ve now built six bespoke bat towers and two night roosts across Pembrokeshire, Gower and Powys. We’ve developed three designs to support lesser horseshoe bats — a maternity tower, satellite tower and NightHaven night roost.

The maternity tower provides a suitable roost for breeding colonies. The satellite tower creates new roosting opportunities in the landscape and can help improve connectivity between populations and support bats moving into new areas. The NightHaven is a smaller structure providing a resting place for bats while foraging at night.

Watch out for more posts focusing on each of these designs!

This project is funded by the . It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Government

13/10/2026

Pine martens on the airwaves!

Do you want to hear the latest on pine marten recovery in Wales?

Listen to Lucy and Jenny from Vincent Wildlife Trust and Rob from Woodland Trust Cymru on BBC Radio Wales Country Focus, recorded at our Pine Marten Haven in Wentwood Forest. They discuss the return of pine martens to Wales, the importance of community involvement, some recent marten sightings and the history and future of Wentwood Forest.

Listen from 17 minutes into the programme for the pine marten feature.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0032bty

The project has been made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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01531 636441

Website

http://www.vwt.org.uk/

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