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Lesser horseshoe bat event for Heritage Council’s Heritage Week
30th July 2024Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) is busy planning its first public bat event at one of its own reserves, which will take place in Kerry on 20 August during The Heritage Council’s Heritage Read More
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Welcome to Vicky Knight, VWT Ireland’s new Species Conservation Officer
9th May 2024We’re delighted to welcome Vicky to Vincent Wildlife Trust, where we will work together to conserve threatened mammals across Ireland! Vicky is originally from North Wales, where her fascination with the environment Read More
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Mulkear Lesser Horseshoe Bat Conservation Project
26th April 2023This video describes the Vincent Wildlife Trust Ireland’s innovative work in 2022 with the Mulkear River Catchment European Innovation Partnership and farmers in east Limerick when we constructed six new roosts for Read More
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Irish Stoat Citizen Science Survey 2023-2024 has launched!
22nd February 2023Help needed from Citizen Scientists to record one of Ireland’s oldest mammals. Vincent Wildlife Trust is appealing to the public for help to record the presence of the Irish stoat throughout Ireland. Read More
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Professor James Fairley
12th January 2023It was with great sadness that we learned about the sudden death last week of Professor James Fairley at his home in Belfast. Professor Fairley was a major figure in the mammal Read More
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The Bats of Britain and Ireland book soars to new heights
20th December 2022The seventh edition of The Bats of Britain and Ireland is now available. The latest edition of VWT’s excellent introduction and identification guide to the species of bat found throughout Britain and Read More
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VWT’s newsletter for 2022 is published!
16th December 2022This newsletter highlights the work of 2022 and celebrates the achievements for mammal conservation in Ireland, Britain and further afield during this year. Read More
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New Species Action Plan for Lesser Horseshoe Bat
13th December 2022The first Species Action Plan for the Lesser horseshoe bat in Ireland has been published by the Irish Government, and is the product of extensive collaboration between the National Parks & Wildlife Read More
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Upcoming conference – International Martes Symposium
8th November 2022VWT is delighted to be working with the Martes Working Group, Forestry and Land Scotland and Cairngorms Connect to organise the 8th International Martes Symposium. The symposium will be held in September Read More
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The European Mustelid Colloquium is back
29th August 2022The 34th European Mustelid Colloquium will be held online this year from 14-16 September. We hope you can join us! Registration is now open. Visit the Colloquium’s Eventbrite page for ticket options. Read More