Mammals - East Meon Nature Group

We are lucky to have a significant number of mammal species in East Meon Parish, from the iconic hare to the recently reintroduced water vole.

Mammal Name	Date	Location	No.	Comments/Information
Water Vole	Common	River Meon	many	Video available, have been recently reintroduced
Fox	Common	Across the parish	many
Badger	Common	Many setts across the parish	many
Stoat	Rare	Various fields and wood edges	some
Weasel	Rare	Various fields and wood edges	some
Mink	Rare	River Meon	some	Have been trapped to stop them killing the water voles
Roe Deer	Common	Fields and woods	many
Muntjac	Rare	Fields and woods	some	Have been seen occasionally
Mole	Common	Fields, woods and gardens	many
Hedgehog	Common	Fields, woods and gardens	many	Are becoming rarer in the village
Common Shrew	Common	Hedgerows, fields & woods	many
Pygmy Shrew	Common	Farmland & woods	some
Brown Rat	Common	Buildings, farms and hedgerows	many
Harvest Mouse	Rare	Coarse vegetation and hedgerows	some
House Mouse	Common	In and around buildings, hedgerows and farmland	many
Wood Mouse	Common	Most habitats	many
Bank Vole	Common	Woods, hedges and scrub	many
Field Vole	Common	Grasslands and hedgerows	many
Grey Squirrel	Common	Woods, hedges and gardens	many	Significant increase in 2020
Common Doormouse	Rare	Hedges and woods	some
Brown Hare	Common	Grasslands	many	Significant populations locally
Rabbit	Common	Farmland & woods	many	Population varies wildly depending on the prevalance of various diseases
Common Pipistrelle Bat	Common	Widespread	many
Long-eared bat	Common	Woods, house roofs etc.	many

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