Volunteers needed to monitor hedgehog populations

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is running a pilot programme to monitor hedgehog populations (NHMP). For this programme, a large number of cameras are deployed at specific sites across the country at specific dates, with 5 sites having been selected in Wiltshire this spring/summer. Volunteers are needed to help deploy the trail cameras at the site and check the images obtained. The Tisbury and District Natural History Society has its own independent trail camera project (more info here) but we would like to assist two neighbouring areas with their participation in the PTES pilot project.
 
If you would like to take part in the camera deployment aspect, take note of the dates and get in touch with us so we can coordinate our participation with the organisers of the sites.
 
Broadchalke
Deployment day  Thursday 4th April
Collection day      Saturday 4th May

Barford St Martin
Deployment day  Saturday 20th July /Sunday 21st July (TBC)
Collection day     Monday 19th August/ Tuesday 20th August (TBC)

If you would like to help with image checking (identifying animals in the pictures taken by the trail cameras), please follow these instructions:
1.      Register in the portal MammalWeb first. 
2.  Following registration in MammalWeb, please fill in this PTES form, using the same email address that your MammalWeb account is linked to. This will register you as a PTES NHMP volunteer, and you will receive instructions on how to take part.

For image checking, you don’t need to wait until the camera season is over, as there are already images from 12 previous sites across the country.

Inés López-Dóriga