Some Facts About BritainCommon noctules (Nyctalus noctula); red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris); European polecats (Mustela putorius); a very few large mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis); field voles (Microtus agrestis); common porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, also called harbour porpoises); reindeer (Rangifer tarandus, introduced to the Cairngorms); yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis); lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros); introduced coypus (Myocastor coypus); grey seals (Halichoerus grypus); and introduced Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), are just some of the wild mammals of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Ballasalla Isle of Man hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |