The following data is from the "MANAGEMENT PLAN" published in 1985 and from Annual Reports of 1980 onwards.

The key to the table:-

• S - survey undertaken in 1979
• P - presence reported since the 1979 survey
• R - trapping carried out by R Smith (ref "Small Mammals" WECG 1991 Annual Report pp.55-61)
• O - remains found in Owl pellets (ref. "The Prey of Short-eared Owls" WECG 1982 Annual Report pp 34-36)
• B - breeding confirmed
• Nos - see notes at the end of the table.

 

		BEDS
English	Latin	No.1	No.2	No.3	No.4
Mammalia
Bank Vole	Clethrionomys glareolus	O
Bat spp.			P	P
Brown Rat	Rattus norvegicus	O
Common Shrew	Sorex araneus	O		SR
Dormouse	Muscardinus avellanarius	P(1)
Fox	Vulpes vulpes	B	P	B	B
Mink	Mustela vison	P	P	P
Pygmy Shrew	Sorex minutus	O
Rabbit	Oryctolagus coniculus	B	B
Short-tailed Vole	Microtus agrestis	BP		BSR	BP
Stoat	Mustela erminia		P	P	P
Weasel	Mustela nivalis	P	B	B	B
Woodmouse	Apodemus sylvaticus	O		SR
Reptilia
Adder	Vipera berus	P(2)
Common Lizard	Lacerta vivipara	P	P
Slow Worm	Anguis fragilis	P(3)
Amphibia
Common Frog	Rana temporaria	P	P	P	P
Common Toad	Bufo bufo	P	P
Crested Newt	Triurus cristatus	P	P	P(4)
Smooth Newt	Triurus vulgaris	P	P	P(4)	P

Notes.
1. Warrington New Town Ecological Survey 1980 - K Dunne, R Barber, and H Fisher.
2. Probable. A bullock sustained a head injury in 1983 which according to the Veterinary Surgeon "was comparable with a snake bite"
3. Report by D Edwards (WECG Warden) on 19/5/84.
4. Stock introduced from other areas which were under threat of development.