Dorset Mammal Group
Events
Unless otherwise specified, please email events@dorsetmammalgroup.org.uk for further details and to book a place on any of our events.
Badger talk Fri March 22nd 2024
Netherbury Nature Group presents Badgers, an illustrated talk by Ian Mortimer Badger Section Leader from Dorset Mammal Group. To be held at Netherbury Village Hall on Friday 22nd March, 6.30pm for 7.00pm. Admission £3.00. Cash bar.
Hedgehog Predicament talk Fri April 26th 2024
To be held at Netherbury Village Hall. Details to follow.
2024 dormouse surveys
These are open to all relatively fit DMG members. Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather and carry a drink with you if it gets warm. Bring a bung with you (a small cloth eg jaycloth, to block the entrance hole in boxes or tubes, make sure you keep it with you). Wear stout footwear, walking boots are usually suitable. Be prepared to deal with prickly bushes and biting insects and woody and uneven ground surfaces. There are trip hazards so care is needed. However, for those wishing to see a dormouse, it is probably your best chance (no guarantees).
All surveys start at 10.00am. For Thorncombe, unless you wish to pay a parking charge I need to have your car reg number in time to pass on to the ranger. This usually takes a day or so, be warned. For directions for those who haven’t visited these sites before, please contact Angela Price: angelaprice75@hotmail.com.
Be aware some of these are sites are private property so be courteous and friendly. Don’t worry if you have never checked a dormouse box or tube before, training will be given but remember they are a protected species and you need a licence to disturb them. You may also be lucky enough to see wood mice, yellow-necked mice or pygmy shrews, but again no guarantees.
Saturday 20th April – Thorncombe Wood
Sunday 5th May Halstock.
Saturday 22nd June Thorncombe Wood.
Saturday 13th July Netherbury.
Saturday 17th August Thorncombe Wood.
Sunday 8th September Halstock.
Sunday 29th September Netherbury.
Saturday 19th October Thorncombe.
Events run by our sponsors – Colin Varndell Natural History Photography
Unless otherwise specified, more information and bookings via info@colinvarndell.co.uk.
Events in the Wider Mammal Community
The events listed under this section are not organised by DMG but are advertised because we think our members may find them interesting.
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