Small Mammals

This portfolio introduces you to some of our smaller and less often seen mammals. From the Water Vole, which has declined dramatically in recent decades and is probably best known as Ratty from The Wind in the Willows, to the cute Hazel Dormouse. The dormouse's shy and retiring nature along with its nocturnal habits mean few people will have seen one in the wild. Both these small mammals are in extensive captive breeding programmes for release into the wild to secure their future.