2005 - Whitby Naturalists

analysed to confirm thcir plesence in the area. '!(/c await pttsitive
developments.
I am very hnppy to repoff that the folkrwing mammal species have been
sighted during the year and grateftrl thanks are due to all rnembers who
have handed in records during tirc ycar.
BA.DGER (Meles meles) one dcad on bcrrch at Sanilsendt4lI0l04; ane
dead on Pickering-lWhitby road near Holc of Horcum 1/5; a yourlg one
tcund drorvned in a water butr in a garden on Frospcct ttrlIl2T 16; twtt
tound dead ncar the ald gasr,vorks hy the River Esk in June (possibly
dehrldrated); one dead on thc side of thc road between the Flask Imr
and Pcrnrl I{i118/?; onc iiead young on tire Littlebeck-Ugglebarnby road
24n.
One in Iburndale garden iooking for food 4/1; male and fcmale secn in
Sleights back garCen eating sandwiches 7 17; badgers reported in cliff
face opposite Mooriands and also seen'attacking garclens' on various
dates in September.
BANK VOIE (Clethnonamys glareolas) circa twenty in garden in
Sler.ghts, had been trapped and thcn releascd . mid-Octobcr to mid-
Ntrvembcr 2404.
BAT (species not identificd) reportcd in garden in '$7est Cliff A-"enue
Sfhitby 31/7.
BRO$'tl FIARE (Ixpus capensis) one sighted near Egton 70ft4104;
one ncar Goldsbororryh 2U2.
DEER (species nor identified) one at Foss Plantation 7314; two on the
grass top of West Chf{ 116; one in field between Garden Centre and
CasrbZ717.
FALLOW DEER (Dwnadwr,a) two in field near Eskdale Gates Farm,
Slcights 1lfilA4; and two in Muigrave Woods tr52.