What do you see on your allotment?

I don’t just mean jumbo carrots and bumper tomato crops (although I’m happy for you if that’s what feasts your eye) but animals.

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species wants to know, and I’ve only just found out about their Living with Mammals survey which takes place in May and June every year. But there’s still time to join in a bit this year, and it’s definitely gone into my diary for next year!

Here’s what they say: We need your help with a survey to find out how our wild animals use the built environment and the green spaces within it. By carefully identifying and counting the mammals that live in and around built up land, we can begin to understand – and encourage – the biodiversity on our doorstep. The survey takes place between April and June of each year and requires you to spend some time observing a chosen site (eg your garden or allotment) throughout the survey period.

So far on the allotment we’ve seen: a large rat, two feral cats, and a very small fox and we've only been going up for a few weeks. What do you see on yours?

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Posted by The Allotment Blogger on Monday, June 23, 2008 3 Comments

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