. Monday 8th June marked the beginning of our Great Big All-Ireland Hedgehog Count week!
As a result, we have gathered some very valuable data - thanks to everyone for their efforts to submit their sightings. This exercise is not just for a week!! - it is an ongoing project to build a detailed picture of hedgehog numbers in Ireland, so we are encouraging people all across the country to keep logging sightings on the National Biodiversity Data Centre:
Over the coming months and indeed years, we'll be publishing the results for all to see as part of this conservation strategy for Ireland's hedgehogs - so watch this space! .
Important information & guidelines for the Hedgehog Count -
Look for hedgehogs, but don't disturb or pick them up!!! Report via the National Biodiversity Data Centrewebsite - alive or dead. Take care going about in the dark. Do not enter private land.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre works to make biodiversity data and information more freely available in order to better understand and assist the protection of Ireland’s biodiversity.