What should you do if you have found a hedgehog? The answer to this depends on where you found it, when you found it and what it is doing when you find it! Q: I’ve seen a hedgehog out in the day, what should I do? A: Unless a hedgehog has been disturbed by something, …
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Garden Hacks for Helping Hedgehogs
Infographics made in Canva Next time: Help! I’ve found a hedgehog!
BS16 Hedgehogs: Helping Hedgehogs, Part 1
You may be wondering just how you can help hedgehogs, so this is part 1 of how you can help make a difference! Once you have taken any action, big or small, to help your local hedgehogs why not print and cut out the downloadable poster below to display in your window to show your …
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BS16 Hedgehogs Launch
Do you live in the BS16 postcode of Bristol, UK? You may have already read my recent blog on UWE Hedgehog Friendly Campus detailing what UWE Frenchay have been doing over the last 18 months to help our local hedgehog population, but now it’s time to get you involved too! Of British wildlife, hedgehogs are …
Webinars
This isn’t the most interesting of blog posts, but I just wanted to highlight how useful I’ve found webinars this last year, and while the below list will be of most use to myself, it might be of interest to others too. Like many people over the covid-19 lockdowns, I’ve attended lots of online webinars, …
Bats and moth trapping: responses of bats to artificial night lighting and implications of moth trapping (an informal study and report)
Before I begin, I want to preface this by highlighting how important the data from moth trapping are – I cannot stress enough that I do not think people shouldn’t use light traps for moths. However, with an increase in people using moth traps, particularly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (as reported by …
Hedgehog Friendly Campus at UWE Frenchay
It’s been over a year since my last blog post! Kicking off revitilising this blog, I’m going to talk about hedgehogs, the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative and the work UWE have been doing as part of this, which I have been fortunate to play a part in. The hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, can be found all …
January Update
Wow… was my last post really way back in September? It’s only four months ago, but it feels like at least a year. To say it has been busy would be a vast understatement! SO MANY ASSIGNMENTS. October At the end of September I set up Bristol Invertebrates (another neglected blog that I need to …
September update… continued.
The First Week First full week of level two university is complete! One down, *something, something, many, lots* to go, heh. By which you may safely assume that it has not been without stressors. Firstly, I was told many, many times by many people that level two is quite the step up from level one. …
September 2019 update
Well! Back to university! I feel like I have hit the ground running, full of plans and ideas, I just have to keep checking myself to make sure I don’t take on far more than I can comfortably handle! The other day I was bemoaning the fact that I haven’t managed to get UWE EntSoc …
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