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water deer

Chinese water deer

Red deer

Red deer

Leisler's bat

Leisler's bat

Brown hare

Brown hare

Fallow deer

Fallow deer

Natterer's bat

Natterer's bat

Wood mouse

Wood mouse

House mouse

House mouse

Serotine bat

Serotine

Polecat

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

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

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

Hedgehog (©Tom Marshall)

European hedgehog

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Grey long-eared bat

Water shrew

Water shrew

Grey squirrel

Grey squirrel

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Alcathoe bat

Mole

Mole

Red Squirrel

Red squirrel

Weasel

Weasel

Common pipistrelle

Common pipistrelle

Water vole

Water vole

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