Volunteers needed for hedgehog survey in Carmarthenshire
Volunteers from Carmarthenshire are being sought to take part in a hedgehog survey. The prickly friends have undergone a marked decline in recent years and conservationists want to know why. A new way of monitoring has been developed using footprint tunnels to identify what is happening to the hedgehog population. Volunteers can undertake the survey, which is supported by Carmarthenshire Environment Partnership (CEP), at any time until September for five consecutive days. Sites have already been pre-selected as they are associated with information on badger density, something that is likely to be an important influence on hedgehogs. Equipment will be provided following signing up. Carmarthenshire Environment partnership’s development Officer, Anna Patterson said: “The partnership supports this type of survey. As residents we often take for granted that hedgehogs survive ‘whatever the weather’ but in actual fact they play as an important in our local biodiversity systems in the county...