This month we chat about two lovely and ecologically important animals that rely on hedgerows; the stoat and the pygmy shrew. Did you know the Irish name for pygmy shrew is Dallóg fraoigh, meaning blind animal of the heather. What a wonderful description!We begin with the importance of hedgerows and why it is illegal to cut them from 1st March to 31st August.

This month we chat about two lovely and ecologically important animals that rely on hedgerows; the stoat and the pygmy shrew. Did you know the Irish name for pygmy shrew is Dallóg fraoigh, meaning blind animal of the heather. What a wonderful description! We begin with the importance of hedgerows and why it is illegal to cut them from 1st March to 31st August.

The smallest mammal in Ireland and it's predator

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