Event Cancelled – due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled. Apologies to those who have booked places (you should have been notified already by email). A re-scheduled date is not planned at this time. Apologies! (11th January 2019)
In its 6th year, WMG’s owl pellet analyses continue – the next owl pellet analyses workshop will be held at Lackham College, Chippenham on Sunday 20th January 2019 9am till 1pm.
Thanks to a number of raptor workers in Wiltshire, particularly Major Nigel Lewis, Michael Groves and their colleagues, we’ve been able to analyse owl pellets from across Wiltshire, and in particular Salisbury Plain. In doing so, we’ve been able to generate a some great information regarding the distribution of some of our lesser recorded small mammals, making a gre
at contribution to the mammal atlas project.
The workshop is ideal for beginners and as a refresher for those who have previous experience identifying small mammal remains from owl pellets.
Refreshment will be available on the day. If you’d like to join in or would like further information, please contact Paul Wexler on paul.wexler@wiltshire.ac.uk.
A plea to raptor workers: If you are interested in contributing owl pellet samples for these analyses (barn owl pellets generate the most data but pellets from other species add some variety!), please get in touch too. We are particularly interested in samples collected regularly from the same locations as these can yield changes in the small mammal assemblage over time. Please remember to record the bird species, a 6 figure grid reference and a date of collection for each sample, which ideally should include fresh 10-20 pellets. For further information, please contact Paul Wexler on paul.wexler@wiltshire.ac.uk.
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