The National Hedgehog Monitoring Project Cardiff

The National Hedgehog Monitoring Project is coming to Cardiff in 2024 and we need your help! We’re looking for volunteers to help put out cameras on Thursday 4th July and collect them 30 days later. The NHMP team will deliver a training session, to introduce the survey and show you how to set up the cameras, before we split into teams to put them out across the site. After the cameras have been collected, images will be uploaded to MammalWeb and volunteers can view them and identify what’s been spotted by the cameras, to help the team identify which images contain hedgehogs, in the first instance.

This event includes outdoor activity so please wear suitable shoes and clothing, and bring snacks and water for the day. The end time is listed as an estimate th event may be finished earlier.

Location: Bute Park Visitor Centre CF10 3DX

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Sadly, our much-loved hedgehogs are under threat, having undergone considerable declines in recent years. To reverse this trend, we need to understand it better, to identify where and why hedgehogs are struggling and implement appropriate conservation measures. People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and BHPS, in partnership with Cardiff Local Nature Partnership, Cardiff University, Cardiff Council, Nottingham Trent University, Zoological Society of London, Durham University and MammalWeb, are launching a new National Hedgehog Monitoring site. The NHMP will, for the first time, produce reliable estimates of hedgehog numbers that will allow us to look at regional and habitat differences, and detect changes over time. Using a network of cameras deployed at survey sites to capture images of hedgehogs and other animals, the team will apply innovative methods to analyse the images and calculate population densities.

If you are no longer able to make the event, please remember to cancel your ticket to enable others to attend.

Mae croeso i bob oedran a gallu ond rhowch wybod i ni os oes angen unrhyw gymorth penodol arnoch.

Lleoliad: Bute Parc, Cardiff CF10 3DX

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Os nad ydych chi'n gallu dod i’r digwyddiad mwyach, cofiwch ganslo'ch tocyn i alluogi eraill i fynychu.

Mae'r Prosiect Monitro Draenogod Cenedlaethol yn dod i Gaerdydd yn 2024 ac mae angen eich help arnom! Rydym yn chwilio am wirfoddolwyr i helpu i osod camerâu ar ddydd Iau 4 Gorffennaf a'u casglu 30 diwrnod yn ddiweddarach. Bydd tîm NHMP yn cyflwyno sesiwn hyfforddi, i gyflwyno'r arolwg a dangos sut i osod y camerâu, cyn i ni rannu'n dimau i'w gosod ar draws y safle. Ar ôl i'r camerâu gael eu casglu, bydd delweddau'n cael eu huwchlwytho i MammalWeb a gall gwirfoddolwyr eu gweld a nodi'r hyn a welwyd gan y camerâu, i helpu'r tîm i wybod pa ddelweddau sy'n cynnwys draenogod i gychwyn.

Yn anffodus, mae ein draenogod annwyl dan fygythiad, ar ôl i’w niferoedd ddirywio'n sylweddol dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf. I wrthdroi'r duedd hon, mae angen i ni ei deall yn well, gwybod ble a pham mae draenogod yn ei chael hi'n anodd a gweithredu mesurau cadwraeth priodol. Mae Ymddiriedolaeth y Bobl ar gyfer Rhywogaethau Mewn Perygl (PTES) a BHPS, mewn partneriaeth â Phartneriaeth Natur Leol Caerdydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cyngor Caerdydd, Prifysgol Nottingham Trent, Cymdeithas Sŵolegol Llundain, Prifysgol Durham a MammalWeb, yn lansio safle cenedlaethol newydd i Fonitro Draenogod. Bydd y NHMP, am y tro cyntaf, yn cynhyrchu amcangyfrifon dibynadwy o niferoedd draenog a fydd yn caniatáu i ni edrych ar wahaniaethau rhanbarthol a chynefinoedd, a chanfod newidiadau dros amser. Gan ddefnyddio rhwydwaith o gamerâu mewn safleoedd arolygu i ddal delweddau o ddraenogod ac anifeiliaid eraill, bydd y tîm yn defnyddio dulliau arloesol i ddadansoddi'r delweddau a chyfrifo dwysedd poblogaeth.

Host or Publisher Cardiff Local Nature Partnership