It's a very exciting day! Today marks the official launch of the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme 🦔 @PTES, @hedgehogsociety, @NottmTrentUni & the other project partners are aiming to count the UK's hedgehogs & work out the reasons behind population decline 📉

Missed the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme talk hosted by @ZSLScience? 🦔 Catch up here and find out how we're tracking hedgehogs across Britain: https://t.co/krsrQnx36w @PTES @hedgehogsociety @OfficialZSL @MammalWeb @durham_uni @NottmTrentUni @NaturalEngland

A new @NottmTrentUni study hopes to support hedgehog conservation by harnessing the combined potential of personal trail cameras in people’s gardens. 📸🦔 @ntu_research @NTU_ARES @PTES @hedgehogsociety https://t.co/bUYPdyYunt

Have you paused to listen? Chiffchaffs calling, Blackbirds in full song, and the first swallows on the wing. Which spring sound always makes you smile? 🎵 #ThoughtfulThursday

What an excellent spring day to kick off the #NHMP field season ☀️ (though I'd forgotten how heavy the cameras are 🙈) Field season number 3 of the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is underway 🦔🥳

Great evening @ #ZSLTalks, catching-up with our partners of the #NHMP! Hearing about the challenges & progress we've encountered leveraging a network of citizen scientists, and AI for a national #hedgehog camera trap survey🦔 Well done to all! @ZSLScience @hedgehogsociety @PTES

I've been over there a while, but just getting up-and-running! Hope to see you there @emcart.bsky.social 🦋

Join us tomorrow online or in person at the #ZSLTalks event, where we will be discussing how we combine camera traps, AI and citizen science to run a national monitoring programme for hedgehog conservation. I'll be kicking things off at 6pm!

Will you be joining us in person or online next week? Take a look at the event page to find out which brilliant speakers will be appearing on our panel 🦔👉 https://t.co/mmIIL9fv53

Find out more about our work on the #NHMP at the #ZSLTalks event next week! You can join online or in person 🦔

Curious about our upcoming panel discussion on interdisciplinary #research 🤔? Read all about it in our new blog post: https://t.co/7UbJpo9GOc Register to join our engaging panel discussion soon!

Sophie Lund Rasmussen (@Dr_Pindsvin) recently appeared in a new nature documentary to explain the risk garden technology poses to our nocturnal residents and how her research aims to improve the safety of robotic lawn mowers for hedgehogs 🦔 🎥 Heiko De Groot and ARTE

Engage in our next #podcast!🎙️ Our Conservation Career Podcast Team will be chatting with @Bill_Sutherland soon. His work focuses greatly on the sharing and embedding of evidence in decision making in conservation science💡 Submit your questions now: https://t.co/1RVUb99j2X

Residents of London, have you seen a hedgehog lately? 🦔 @LondonHogWatch is on a mission to help combat hedgehog decline & need your help! 🔎 You can make a difference & get involved in their research by taking part in their survey today 👇 https://t.co/VJv38Eg4Vk

This #NationalNestboxWeek, remember not all birds nest the same way! Here's a few options to get you started... 🧵👇 Robins and Wrens like to keep hidden, tucking their nests away in dense cover. An open-fronted box placed low down and out of sight is just their style. (1/4)

Mice to meet you! 🐭 Mice play a key role in the natural environment; from distributing plant seeds to being prey for animals like owls and foxes. Learn all about the 4 species you can see in the UK 👉 https://t.co/V3SLTXx0Gs

During cold weather snaps, make sure garden #wildlife like #hedgehogs have fresh, unfrozen water available! 🦔💧❄️ Add shallow dishes of water to gardens all year round, with a few pebbles so insects & small birds can safely perch for a drink too! #ShareToMakeAware 📹 Nige Howard

Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the

There was a hedgehog piece on the STV news last week, including an update on the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme in Scotland, ft a quick interview with me 📺🦔🙋🏼‍♀️ https://t.co/uqMByFKqdi

🦔 Hedgehogs 📅 30 Jan 2025 | 🖥️ Free Webinar | 🗣️ Join us to learn about the Hedgehogs, their ecology, threats, and how we can help! Featuring @hedgehoghugh & @JohnsonGrace01. @hedgehogsociety #HedgehogStreet @PTES Book your free space: https://t.co/dqduZgiKk7

1 blackbird 1 dunnock 2 robins (And lots of rain 🌧️) Another excellent citizen science project 🐦💪🏻