I passed my PhD VIVA! Turns out they're not even that bad- thank you to my examiners @thonoir and Jeremy Kendal for a great chat about #mammals, #CitizenScience, #CameraTrapping and MammalWeb and for the constructive feedback! Now to get revisions sorted and papers submitted!

New study led by Jamie McKaughan shows leopards persist well in mixed use areas of South Africa, with densities ~2.2 (1.1 - 4.2) per 100 sq. km. Lethal control has a big impact though; alternatives are needed. Read it: nature.com/articles/s4159… #ecology #conservation #secr #bigcats

Last year as part of the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme #NHMP we surveyed in Hampstead Heath Extension, Barnes Common & Olympic Park! You can sign up to become a 'spotter' and help us to identify hedgehogs (& lots of other species!) #CitSci 👉shorturl.at/Zc1K9

Our July Newsletter is here: tinyurl.com/mwnewsjul24 Check it out for updates and some recent favourite images from our contributors.

🦔 Hedgehog populations are in decline. But there's hope! 🌟 The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is a world-first project combining AI and volunteers to track and protect our beloved garden visitors, with funding from Natural England. Read more: defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/22/wor…

In honour of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, we’re showcasing the sporting prowess of the humble #hedgehog. #Paralympics2024 Up first, the 100m! ⏩🏃 👉 hedgehogstreet.org/hedgehog-olymp… #HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and Hedgehog Society 🎞️Gem Sarah

Combining artificial intelligence, citizen science, photogrammetry, data science and statistics to monitor wildlife populations the-ies.org/analysis/lens-… MammalWeb ·

Really great workshop on camera trapping in Europe. Enormous thanks to Fabiola Iannarilli for inviting MammalWeb to Konstanz and for the incredible organisation!

Hedgehogs!! Fantastic to hear from Dr Emma Cartledge about this amazing pilot project at the NBN Trust Conference today People's Trust for Endangered Species Durham University MammalWeb ZSL Nottingham Trent University Natural England #NBNConf24

Congratulations to MammalWeb (MammalWeb) – winner of the NBN Group Award 2024! #NBNawards24 Thanks to our sponsor Field Studies Council #NBNconf24 #MakingDataWorkForNature

Fantastic recognition for the enormous impact our contributors make to biodiversity monitoring. Thank you!

An honour to be able to collect this award on behalf of the whole MammalWeb project! 🐾

As 2024 draws to a close we bring you our Winter Newsletter that highlights some fantastic achievements over the last few months, project updates, as well as information on our festive competition. Enjoy! tinyurl.com/MWDec24

The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme was launched in 2023 by People's Trust for Endangered Species and Hedgehog Society, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, ZSL, MammalWeb, LondonHogWatch and Durham University 📸🦔

Check out our latest newsletter. Lots of exciting updates on projects, competition winners, platform upgrades and another award for MammalWeb! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Missed the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme talk hosted by ZSL Science? 🦔 Catch up here and find out how we're tracking hedgehogs across Britain: youtu.be/Pur-hbiqVTo?fe… People's Trust for Endangered Species Hedgehog Society ZSL MammalWeb Durham University Nottingham Trent University Natural England

Our May newsletter has just gone out, featuring - among other things - news of a competition happening now, with prizes awarded by People's Trust for Endangered Species ! If you don't yet subscribe, check it out here eomail1.com/web-version?p=… #mammals #ukwildlife #cameratraps