Hegdehog Surveys

Are you interested in helping us to find out if there are hedgehogs on campus? The hedgehog surveying season starts again soon, and we will be running our first week of surveys from Monday 24^th April. We need volunteers to help check the tunnels over five consecutive days of morning surveys. The week will start with a training session run by Hedgehog Friendly Campus before we walk around to position the tunnels. The session will last approximately two hours, but you do not need to attend for the whole time if you are unable.

Sign up now and please share with other colleagues and students who may be interested. These surveys take place as part of our work on the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative.

City Nature Challenge

The University will be taking part in the City Nature ChallengeLink opens in a new window this year for the second time. It is a global initiative designed to motivate people from around the world to find and document nature. On Friday 28^th April you are invited to join Katherine Mayfield (Sustainability Champion) alongside colleagues from Coventry City Council and the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, on walks across campus. There will be several walks setting off from different areas and we will be using equipment to survey for wildlife before recording observations using the iNaturalist app.

In advance of the weekend, we will be running a session on how to use iNaturalist, which is a fantastic app to help people with limited species identification knowledge. This will be taking place on Monday 24^th April and refreshments will be provided. If you are interested in attending either of these events please register your interest and we’ll be in touch in the coming weeks with more details. Please support us on our quest to become more knowledgeable about what species we have on campus and where so that we can continue to create, protect and enhance spaces for wildlife on campus.

As well as these events on campus, they'll also be other events taking place across Coventry. Find out moreLink opens in a new window.

For more information on both of these initiatives please contact Katherine Mayfield, Sustainability Champion (katherine.mayfield@warwick.ac.uk).