WOOL MAMMALS. (Records from last 10 years).
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Most gardens, frequent road kill
Common Shrew Sorex araneus 14 Cologne Rd. Cat kill
Pigmy Shrew Sorex minutus 14 Cologne Rd. Cat kill
Water Shrew Neomys fodiens 14 Cologne Rd. Cat kill
Mole Talpa europaea Widespread
Noctule Nyctalus noctula Cologne Rd.
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Cologne Rd.
Other Bats unidentified Cologne Rd. Bovington Training Area
Badger Meles meles Bovington Training Area. Woods south of Wool (Cole Wood)
Otter Lutra lutra Woolbridge (Spraints)
American Mink Mustela vison River Frome (Controlled)
Fox Vulpes vulpes Generally Widespread
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Widespread
Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Possible 8 Acre Coppice
Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus Widespread Abundant. Bovington Middle School grounds
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Frome Avenue
Water Vole Arvicola terrestris Wool Stream Frome Watermeadows – one of best sites remaining in Dorset
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Widespread
Yellow necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis 8 Acre Coppice
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Widespread esp. in 13 Ancient woods in Wool parish
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Widespread
House Mouse Mus musculus Widespread
Rabbit Oryctalagus cuniculus Widespread
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Regularly seen near New Buildings . South Bovington Training Area
Sika Deer Cervus nippon Widespread
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Bovington Training Area occasional
Dormice. These may lack suitable habitat in much of Wool because Sika Deer are eating the understorey in woodland that is essential for these. They need thick scrub cover. They are fully protected by law.
