Mammals of Dry Drayton
This page lists the mammals identified in Dry Drayton. The list was compiled by Dr Val Perrin and was first published in "Gallows Piece to Bee Garden" the Millennium History of Dry Drayton, by Dry Drayton 2000. The list has been updated with species observed between 2000 and 2009. We are most grateful to Dr Val Parrin for allowing us to reproduce this material and to the many keen natural historians in Dry Drayton who made their records available. Please let us know if you find additional species in the Parish. It is to be hoped that others will make additions to this list in order to make the parish natural history records as complete as possible.
1990-2000 list
Hedgehog
Mole
Common Shrew
Water Shrew
Common Pipistrelle
Rabbit
Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel
Bank Vole
Water Vole
Wood Mouse
House Mouse
Brown Rat
Fox
Stoat
Weasel
Badger
Muntjac
Chinese Water Deer
2000-9 update
Brown Long-eared bat
Noctule bat
Grey squirrel (‘Black’ squirrel) - the melanic form of the Grey Squirrel has now become a regular feature of the gardens of the village.