Vincent Wildlife Trust
@vincentwt.bsky.social
Vincent Wildlife Trust is celebrating 50 Years of Innovative Mammal Conservation and is a charity working across Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe to safeguard threatened mammals. Account monitored Mon to Fri, 9am-5pm.
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VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove project is recruiting for two part-time Communications and Engagement Officer posts — one in the north (Scottish/English borders) and one in the south (English/Welsh borders). For more info and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
Last chance to submit polecat sightings from 2024 and 2025 to our #NationalPolecatSurvey! We'll be sharing findings from the survey in 2026. Thank you to everyone who has taken part!
Report via:
- arcg.is/1TXqHC
- The @mammalsociety.bsky.social Mammal Mapper App
- iNaturalist
- Send us a message
Report via:
- arcg.is/1TXqHC
- The @mammalsociety.bsky.social Mammal Mapper App
- iNaturalist
- Send us a message
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Last chance to submit polecat sightings from 2024 and 2025 to our #NationalPolecatSurvey! We'll be sharing findings from the survey in 2026. Thank you to everyone who has taken part!
Report via:
- arcg.is/1TXqHC
- The @mammalsociety.bsky.social Mammal Mapper App
- iNaturalist
- Send us a message
Report via:
- arcg.is/1TXqHC
- The @mammalsociety.bsky.social Mammal Mapper App
- iNaturalist
- Send us a message
New blog! With the help of volunteers, #MartensOnTheMove has carried out den box maintenance work in the Tweed Valley. Project Officer, Victoria Chanin, and volunteer Elaine Rainey discuss what this involved and what they found. Full blog here bit.ly/48Zl7MR #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New blog! With the help of volunteers, #MartensOnTheMove has carried out den box maintenance work in the Tweed Valley. Project Officer, Victoria Chanin, and volunteer Elaine Rainey discuss what this involved and what they found. Full blog here bit.ly/48Zl7MR #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
Modern buildings often have smooth, machine-cut surfaces that are difficult for horseshoe bats to hang onto… so VWT’s Bat Team has been testing out a range of surfaces — rough woodwool boards, lime-rendered pots and scoring texture into wooden beams — to give bats a greater choice of roost surfaces.
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Modern buildings often have smooth, machine-cut surfaces that are difficult for horseshoe bats to hang onto… so VWT’s Bat Team has been testing out a range of surfaces — rough woodwool boards, lime-rendered pots and scoring texture into wooden beams — to give bats a greater choice of roost surfaces.
Bu #BelaodArGrwydr yng Nghynhadledd Partneriaeth Bioamrywiaeth Cymru, i drafod sut mae'r prosiect yn gweithio gyda chymunedau lleol i helpu adferiad bele'r coed ar draws Sir Fynwy, Powys, Sir Gaerfyrddin a Cheredigion. Mae'r erthygl lawn ar gael yma ➡️ bit.ly/4s3wpH0 #CronfaTreftadaeth
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bu #BelaodArGrwydr yng Nghynhadledd Partneriaeth Bioamrywiaeth Cymru, i drafod sut mae'r prosiect yn gweithio gyda chymunedau lleol i helpu adferiad bele'r coed ar draws Sir Fynwy, Powys, Sir Gaerfyrddin a Cheredigion. Mae'r erthygl lawn ar gael yma ➡️ bit.ly/4s3wpH0 #CronfaTreftadaeth
#MartensOnTheMove attended the Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference and discussed how the project is working with local communities to support pine marten recovery across Monmouthshire, Powys, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Full article here ➡️ bit.ly/4pK1RJ2 #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#MartensOnTheMove attended the Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference and discussed how the project is working with local communities to support pine marten recovery across Monmouthshire, Powys, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Full article here ➡️ bit.ly/4pK1RJ2 #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove project is recruiting for two part-time Communications and Engagement Officer posts — one in the north (Scottish/English borders) and one in the south (English/Welsh borders). For more info and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove project is recruiting for two part-time Communications and Engagement Officer posts — one in the north (Scottish/English borders) and one in the south (English/Welsh borders). For more info and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
Please share these exciting opportunities with your contacts.
Communications and Engagement Officers - Martens on the Move with @vincentwt.bsky.social two fixed-term, part-time posts, one based in the north (Scottish/English borders) and one will be in the south (Welsh/English borders c-js.co.uk/44rTpWd
Vincent Wildlife Trust: Communications and Engagement Officers - Martens on the Move advertised with CJS
Do you have a demonstrable commitment to engaging groups and communities in wildlife conservation? Do you have experience in communicating with a variety of audiences? If so, you could help VWT’s…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please share these exciting opportunities with your contacts.
VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove hosted a pine marten den box training day in Forestry England Forest of Dean. The team showed volunteers how to:
- Pick the right tree for a den box
- Install a den box
- Monitor it for pine marten presence
- Carry out a maintenance check
#NationalLotteryHeritageFund
- Pick the right tree for a den box
- Install a den box
- Monitor it for pine marten presence
- Carry out a maintenance check
#NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove hosted a pine marten den box training day in Forestry England Forest of Dean. The team showed volunteers how to:
- Pick the right tree for a den box
- Install a den box
- Monitor it for pine marten presence
- Carry out a maintenance check
#NationalLotteryHeritageFund
- Pick the right tree for a den box
- Install a den box
- Monitor it for pine marten presence
- Carry out a maintenance check
#NationalLotteryHeritageFund
It’s always great to see where lesser horseshoe bats choose to hibernate! Our first annual winter count as part of the National Bat Monitoring Programme has recorded slightly lower numbers than usual, which is likely due to the recent mild weather. Huge thanks to #BrecknockBatGroup for joining us.
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s always great to see where lesser horseshoe bats choose to hibernate! Our first annual winter count as part of the National Bat Monitoring Programme has recorded slightly lower numbers than usual, which is likely due to the recent mild weather. Huge thanks to #BrecknockBatGroup for joining us.
Last chance to spot a polecat! VWT’s #4thNationalPolecatSurvey ends 31.12.2025 — and every record helps us understand how this native mammal is doing. Share your sightings here arcg.is/1TXqHC
or use the Mammal Mapper app
or send us an email to enquiries@vwt.org.uk @mammalsociety.bsky.social
or use the Mammal Mapper app
or send us an email to enquiries@vwt.org.uk @mammalsociety.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Last chance to spot a polecat! VWT’s #4thNationalPolecatSurvey ends 31.12.2025 — and every record helps us understand how this native mammal is doing. Share your sightings here arcg.is/1TXqHC
or use the Mammal Mapper app
or send us an email to enquiries@vwt.org.uk @mammalsociety.bsky.social
or use the Mammal Mapper app
or send us an email to enquiries@vwt.org.uk @mammalsociety.bsky.social
Don't miss this chance to help VWT work with communities and volunteers to make a difference for Britain and Ireland's threatened mammals. For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies Please share widely.
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Don't miss this chance to help VWT work with communities and volunteers to make a difference for Britain and Ireland's threatened mammals. For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies Please share widely.
Just one day left for your chance to double your donation to VWT's work to monitor and make a difference for some of Britain and Ireland's most threatened bat species through this year's #BigGive'sChristmasChallenge. More info here bit.ly/443VPu2
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Just one day left for your chance to double your donation to VWT's work to monitor and make a difference for some of Britain and Ireland's most threatened bat species through this year's #BigGive'sChristmasChallenge. More info here bit.ly/443VPu2
#IVD2025 Thank you to everyone who gives their time through volunteering activities, community action and citizen science. Your contribution enhances the impact that VWT has in wildlife monitoring and conservation in Britain and Ireland.
#EveryContributionMatters #TogetherWeCanMakeADifference
#EveryContributionMatters #TogetherWeCanMakeADifference
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#IVD2025 Thank you to everyone who gives their time through volunteering activities, community action and citizen science. Your contribution enhances the impact that VWT has in wildlife monitoring and conservation in Britain and Ireland.
#EveryContributionMatters #TogetherWeCanMakeADifference
#EveryContributionMatters #TogetherWeCanMakeADifference
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to double your donations to support VWT's bat monitoring work through this year's #BigGive'sChristmasChallenge. Your donations will make it easier to monitor our most threatened bat species and make a difference to bat conservation. More info here bit.ly/443VPu2
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to double your donations to support VWT's bat monitoring work through this year's #BigGive'sChristmasChallenge. Your donations will make it easier to monitor our most threatened bat species and make a difference to bat conservation. More info here bit.ly/443VPu2
Thank you to the #HoughtonProject and #BrechfaSied for building pine marten feeder boxes for #MartensOnTheMove. These are designed for pine martens and help exclude other wildlife. They are baited with food such as peanuts or sardines and are used as a monitoring tool. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thank you to the #HoughtonProject and #BrechfaSied for building pine marten feeder boxes for #MartensOnTheMove. These are designed for pine martens and help exclude other wildlife. They are baited with food such as peanuts or sardines and are used as a monitoring tool. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
We’re Hiring! Could you help VWT support an amazing team of volunteers and engage with community groups in Britain and Ireland — and help us make a difference for mammal conservation? For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We’re Hiring! Could you help VWT support an amazing team of volunteers and engage with community groups in Britain and Ireland — and help us make a difference for mammal conservation? For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies
#NationalTreeWeek Trees play an essential role in the ecology of greater horseshoe bats, with increased activity recorded in fields and along tall hedgerows that contain trees. They are also used as hunting perches to scan for passing prey, such as moths and beetles. Photo ©Daniel Hargreaves
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#NationalTreeWeek Trees play an essential role in the ecology of greater horseshoe bats, with increased activity recorded in fields and along tall hedgerows that contain trees. They are also used as hunting perches to scan for passing prey, such as moths and beetles. Photo ©Daniel Hargreaves
#NationalTreeWeek Why do trees matter to mustelids? Trees+woodlands are lifelines for many mustelid species, providing shelter and safe spaces from predators. They are good feeding areas, supporting prey like voles and mice, and they also connect habitats to help mustelids move through landscapes.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#NationalTreeWeek Why do trees matter to mustelids? Trees+woodlands are lifelines for many mustelid species, providing shelter and safe spaces from predators. They are good feeding areas, supporting prey like voles and mice, and they also connect habitats to help mustelids move through landscapes.
#NationalTreeWeek VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove works with landowners, communities+vols to install 150 den boxes in 6 Monitoring Hubs as safe places for pine martens to rest, overwinter+raise young. The boxes are monitored to see how populations are recovering in these areas. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#NationalTreeWeek VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove works with landowners, communities+vols to install 150 den boxes in 6 Monitoring Hubs as safe places for pine martens to rest, overwinter+raise young. The boxes are monitored to see how populations are recovering in these areas. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
Celebrating #NationalTreeWeek
VWT’s long-term monitoring of two of Britain’s rarest woodland bats – Bechstein’s + barbastelle bats, in partnership, uses ringing and DNA testing to provide vital insights into their movements, social behaviour and population trends, and helps us take action for the bats + their woodland habitats.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Celebrating #NationalTreeWeek
VWT’s long-term monitoring of two of Britain’s rarest woodland bats – Bechstein’s + barbastelle bats, in partnership, uses ringing and DNA testing to provide vital insights into their movements, social behaviour and population trends, and helps us take action for the bats + their woodland habitats.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
VWT’s long-term monitoring of two of Britain’s rarest woodland bats – Bechstein’s + barbastelle bats, in partnership, uses ringing and DNA testing to provide vital insights into their movements, social behaviour and population trends, and helps us take action for the bats + their woodland habitats.
Celebrating #NationalTreeWeek
So far, in 2025, VWT’s #NaturAmByth project has collected 2,675 new acoustic records of barbastelles in Pembs. By the year end, we expect 3,000+ records — a fantastic result. Thanks to our vols+@heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we’re learning more about barbastelles in Wales and how to help them thrive.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Celebrating #NationalTreeWeek
So far, in 2025, VWT’s #NaturAmByth project has collected 2,675 new acoustic records of barbastelles in Pembs. By the year end, we expect 3,000+ records — a fantastic result. Thanks to our vols+@heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we’re learning more about barbastelles in Wales and how to help them thrive.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So far, in 2025, VWT’s #NaturAmByth project has collected 2,675 new acoustic records of barbastelles in Pembs. By the year end, we expect 3,000+ records — a fantastic result. Thanks to our vols+@heritagefunduk.bsky.social, we’re learning more about barbastelles in Wales and how to help them thrive.
Save the Date reminder! We'll be hosting the next European Mustelid Colloquium 6-9th October in Białowieża with @mripas.bsky.social and Białowieża Ecology Conference.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Save the Date reminder! We'll be hosting the next European Mustelid Colloquium 6-9th October in Białowieża with @mripas.bsky.social and Białowieża Ecology Conference.
Learn more: www.vwt.org.uk/36th-europea...
Join the EMC mailing list: eepurl.com/ga-5z9
Learn more: www.vwt.org.uk/36th-europea...
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#BecauseOfYou, so far we have been able to work with communities to build 84 pine marten den boxes, install 63, set up a national pine marten monitoring programme and 3 pine marten havens, build+install 67 bat boxes+record >2,675 barbastelle calls in 18 woods in Pembs. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#BecauseOfYou, so far we have been able to work with communities to build 84 pine marten den boxes, install 63, set up a national pine marten monitoring programme and 3 pine marten havens, build+install 67 bat boxes+record >2,675 barbastelle calls in 18 woods in Pembs. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund