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A sika deer stag, with white spots on its rich red-brown fur, stands amongst the pink flowers of heather, with silver birches in the background

Sika deer

water deer

Chinese water deer

House mouse

House mouse

Serotine bat

Serotine

A polecat sat amongst tufts of grass in a field

Polecat

Brown rat

Brown rat

Whiskered bat

Whiskered bat

Harvest mouse

Harvest mouse

Mountain hare

Mountain hare

Red fox cub

Red fox

Hazel dormouse

Hazel dormouse

Rabbit

Rabbit

Badger

European badger

Barbastelle bat

Barbastelle bat

Beaver

Beaver

Otter

European otter

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Greater horseshoe bat

Common shrew

Common shrew

Mink

American mink

lesser horseshoe bat

Lesser horseshoe bat

Pygmy shrew

Pygmy shrew

A hedgehog snuffling around in the leaf litter

European hedgehog

Grey-long eared bat

Grey long-eared bat

Water shrew

Water shrew

Grey squirrel

Grey squirrel

Alcathoe bat

Alcathoe bat

Mole

Mole

A red squirrel sitting by a woodland pool, nibbling a nut

Red squirrel

Weasel

Weasel

Common pipistrelle

Common pipistrelle

water vole wildlife trust

Water vole

Wildcat

Wildcat

Noctule bat

Noctule

Bechstein's bat

Bechstein's bat

Pine marten

Pine marten

Brown long-eared bat

Brown long-eared bat

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