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Guess the mammal 🐾 - Well done to those who guessed badger! 🦡🐾 . Badgers use items such as fence posts, trees to barns as scratching posts. Suggested reasons for this behaviour include territorial marking or just to clean or remove irritation such as dirt. The scratch marks will look like several parallel lines 🦡🍃 . . . #mammals #springwatch #garden #plants #bbcmammalsociety #britishwildlife #birmingham #blackcountry #photography #photo #committee #conservation #countryfile #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #nature #badger #europeanbadger #education

Fun Fact Friday 🐾 - The Red Deer male is know as a 'stag' and the female is know as a 'hind'. The stag is easily recognisable by their antlers🦌🐾 - Have you got any interesting facts? Let us know! 🐾 Photo is by hannah from the committee! 📸 . . . #funfactfriday #wildlife #photography #photo #reddeer #deer #conservation #stag #ukwildlife #countryfile #springwatch #spring #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday

Today Sharna one of our social media assistants talks about what first captured her interest in wildlife 🦌 - 'When I was a child, me and my family spent our spare time travelling the country in a caravan, before pitching a static caravan in the Peak District. This meant that I spent my childhood in the outdoors and looking at wildlife, such as Deer🦌. This time exploring the United Kingdom first captured my interest in UK wildlife🇬🇧. From this, I have gone to study Animal Behaviour and Wildlife Conservation at University and attended multiple events to enhance my knowledge about UK wildlife, especially mammals🐾. In February, this year, I attended a field course where I assisted surveys, of large mammals, in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia🇸🇰, this included mammal tracking and scat analysis! I am looking forward to our future events coming up and conducting surveys on mammals in the Birmingham and Black Country🐾🐇🦌’ - What is your most memorable wildlife moment? . . . #bbcmammalsociety #mammals #birmingham #blackcountry #photography #photo #committee #conservation #countryfile #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #nature #hedgehog #ukwildlife #springwatch #garden #plants

Several days ago, Alastair and Sharna, who are on the committee, spotted this Hedgehog walking along the drive way🦔🌿 - Have you spotted any mammals in your local area? Let us know!🐾 . . . #bbcmammalsociety #mammals #birmingham #blackcountry #photography #photo #committee #conservation #countryfile #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #nature #hedgehog #ukwildlife #springwatch #garden #gardenwatch

Fun Fact Friday 🐾 - Many people often confuse rabbits and hares! Unlike hares, who spend their whole life above ground rabbits live in burrows! Baby rabbits (kittens/bunnies) start their life in these underground burrows, naked and blind they depend greatly on their mothers in the first few stages of their life 🐰🐾 . . . #funfactfriday #wildlife #photography #photo #rabbit #trailcamera #cameratrap #video #footage #ukwildlife #researching #conservation #countryfile #nature #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday

Wildlife and animals can catch people’s interest in different ways. Here, Alastair the chair of our society talks about what first intrigued him and his plans for the future! - ‘The thing that got me first interested in wildlife, especially mammals, was having the chance to live down the Forest of Dean for 8 years! This meant that I got up close and personal with deer and wild boar, on a daily basis. This is what first captured my interest in mammals, mainly wildlife tracking 🐾 From that point on, I learnt more about mammals. Going out and tracking different species, from red deer in the Scottish highlands to otters along Birmingham canal ways. In recent years I have led many Mammal Tracking walks, for organisations such as local mammal societies, university societies, RSPB, and the Wildlife Trust. I have just been asked to lead Wild Boar ecology and tracking days for the Mammal Society. In 2020 I shall be assisting other large mammal trackers, in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia 🇸🇰 conducting surveys for large mammals, mapping movements and habitat usage, throughout the mountainous regions! It’s amazing to now be chair of the Birmingham and Black Country Mammal Society! We are steering the society onto new paths, looking at new ways to engage you all in the fantastic mammals that live in the B&BC area 🦌🌲🐾 Hopefully see you all at a future event ☺️🦊’ - Let us know what first interested you about wildlife! . . . #bbcmammalsociety #mammals #birmingham #blackcountry #photography #photo #committee #conservation #countryfile #instagood #instadaily #picoftheday #nature

About us

This group aims to give people of all ages over Birmingham and the Black Country, the opportunity to learn, see, research, and conserve the mammals of this county. So scroll around and take a look!

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Photo Credits

All of the photos used in the background of this website are with thanks to the following photographers from the mammal society:

Ryan Wood

Val Gall

Jochen Langbein

Richard Watson

Jenny Hibbert

Richard Bowler

Sarah Darnell

Klara Ismail

Zoe Shreeve

Alex White

Dan Rushton

Gary Chisholm

Derek Crawley

Gary Dean

Gary Dean

Adam Hough

John Phillips

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