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We once again had a wonderful time during our annual Big Butterfly Count walk this July, which was made even more special by the appearance of a couple of clouded yellow butterflies – a first for our campus records! 馃帀
Nationwide the year was similarly exciting with over 100,000 people contributing to this fantastic citizen science project, collectively recording almost 1.4 million butterflies! This made it the 2^nd best year for the initiative – but is it a good thing?

We have recently completed the second year of the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme at the University鈥檚 Wellesbourne Innovation Campus. Read on to find out more.

Recently, University staff shadowed our licensed ecological consultants whilst they carried out an assessment of the more than 60 bat boxes we have on campus. We were thrilled to find quite a number of the boxes occupied, showing that our work to provide habitat and shelter is successful.

This month we undertook the first ever tick survey on campus to further increase our knowledge about the biodiversity on site. This knowledge enables us to continue employing evidence-based decision making that will benefit both wildlife and people. Read on to find out what we found!