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New VWT leaflet on the Irish stoat
25th July 2013We launched a new leaflet on the Irish Stoat in County Galway during Biodiversity Week 2013. This new publication provides information on this small mustelid and also includes a summary of the Read More
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Greater horseshoe bat arrives in Ireland
2nd May 2013The text received on my work mobile phone on Sunday 24 February was short and sweet: ‘Guess where I found a hibernating lesser horseshoe today’? The message was from bat consultant Paul Scott Read More
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New VWT farms leaflet for lesser horseshoe bats launched
23rd November 2012We launched our new farms leaflet for the lesser horseshoe bat at the National Ploughing Championships in New Ross, County Wexford 25-27 September. Although not all of the reported 187,000 people who Read More
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Post-release study of two orphaned pine martens in Mayo
21st September 2012In June 2012 a litter of pine marten kits, estimated to be about just eight weeks old, was spotted on the roadside in County Mayo attempting to suckle from their dead mother. Irish Wildlife Read More
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The Vincent Wildlife Trust takes on new study of the Irish stoat
14th March 2010The project is a pilot study to test the use of hair tubes to detect the elusive Irish stoat (Mustela erminea hibernia) along the extensive hedgerow system in County Galway. The Irish Read More