Citizen Science Wildlife Monitoring
The Petersfield Ranger will be coordinating a series of citizen science monitoring. All people of all abilities are encouraged to participate, with full training and support on offer.
If you have any particular passion or interest in monitoring wildlife, please feel free to get in touch with the Ranger: ranger@petersfield-tc.gov.uk
Harvest Mice at the Heath
On Sunday 7th of December we held our first Citizen Science Volunteer activity at the Heath. Thank you to those volunteers who braved the grim weather and to our survey leader Matthew Beedle, Ranger for Bracknell Forest. With the help of these hardy volunteers we were able to confirm the presence of Harvest Mice at the Heath. On the Red List for Britain’s Mammals, the harvest mouse is classified as Near Threatened in Britain. This means that they are at risk of becoming threatened with extinction in the near future. We are so pleased to have found evidence of Harvest Mice on the Heath in the form of an empty summer breeding nest, we also found evidence of a variety of small mammals in a great network of runs and burrows. The results of this survey will help guide management at the Heath.
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