Citizen Science Project - Hedgehogs Felixstowe Community Nature Reserve

Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve has started a new Citizen Science Group. In our first project, we received 58 reported sightings of hedgehogs in Felixstowe and created a map to show the distribution of those sightings. We also took a random sample of 50 of our members for the period 1-7 May and asked them how many days per week they laid out food and water for the hedgehogs which visit their gardens. We then asked those same 50 people how many times during that week they saw at least one hedgehog. The correlation is strong (0.9135), suggesting that it really is true that helping local hedgehogs is a good idea if other local people want to see more hedgehogs. See the bar chart below.

Map of hedgehog sightings in Felixstowe

We will soon be adding more data analysis to the Citizen Science Website so please visit the FCNR Citizen Science Forum to find out more >

Big Butterfly Count Butterfly Conservation

The big butterfly count is a nationwide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies. Over 60,000 people took part in 2017, submitting 62,500 counts of butterflies and dayflying moths from across the UK (see all the 2017 results).

Find out how to take part >