@londonhogwatch
News from our #hedgehog camera-trap surveys 📸🦔 #ZSL project promoting London's hedgehogs and urban wildlife conservation 🦊 Supported by British Hedgehog Preservation Society. https://www.londonhogwatch.org/
Paws for the camera!
We love spotting your pets during our London HogWatch camera trap surveys 🐾📸
Let us know if we’ve captured your dog on camera🐶
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BREAKING NEWS: An unexpected visitor was caught leaving with a souvenir from the local garden! 🦊
This video was taken during a garden survey by the Mitcham hedgehog project in 2025, clearly demonstrating how foxes utilize urban environments. 🌳🦊🌃
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What a fang-tastic day 🦇
This bat appearance is a first for London HogWatch!
Along with @wildchiswick.bsky.social, we surveyed Chiswick House for the NHMP and captured this unexpected image 😍
Can anyone help with the ID?
The #NHMP is led by @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
Lights, camera, conservation! 🎬🌿
Last week we filmed with the brilliant @zslofficial.bsky.social Learning team on a project focused on teacher training and outdoor education.
It was an great opportunity share HogWatch monitoring techniques and conservation tips.
Stay tuned for more details soon✨
Mitcham hedgehog project caught this hedgehog utilizing a hedgehog highway to move between habitats. By creating a small 13×13 cm opening in garden fences, you can help maintain habitat connectivity and support local hedgehog populations! ⭐🦔
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We are also delighted to share that @marcusrowcliffe.bsky.social, who has been part of the project since its inception, has taken over from Chris. We are excited to see how the project continues to grow and look forward to what 2026 brings! 🦔🌟
We wanted to take this opportunity to say a massive thank to
@tigerfoodman.bsky.social as he retires from ZSL. Chris founded London HogWatch in 2016, bringing his camera trapping expertise to help London’s hedgehogs. Lucky for us he will remain involved in the project. 🦔🥳
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Huge congratulations to Hedgehog Hugh, Joanne Gilbert, and the entire Wild Chiswick team on their well‑deserved recognition at the Science and Conservation Awards at ZSL! 🦔💚
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Camera trap image in a garden of a hedgehog and a football
⚽️Know your hedgehogs from your footballs?⚽️
❄️Looking for a fun activity to fill these wintery evenings? ❄️
We need your help 'spotting' our Kingston National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme survey!
Help us to identify species & understand hedgehog populations in this key area: tinyurl.com/mt9cw4nd
Hibernation season is back 💤 🦔
We've put together some tips about helping hedgehogs in these colder months 🍂
Visit @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social and Hedgehog Street to find out more!
Night-time visitor caught on camera!🌙🦔
This curious hedgehog was captured during our National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme survey in @barnescommon.
The #NHMP is led by both @ptes-org.bsky.social and @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
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Quality assurance check by our most inquisitive participants! 🦊📸
#londonhogwatch #foxoftheday #fox #cameratrap #hedgehog #wildliferecording #london #urbanwildlife #londonnature #foxesofinstagram #hedgehoglove
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When you get 5 minutes of autumnal sun and can start functioning again ✨☀️
This fox was captured during our Network Rail & @zslofficial.bsky.social Monitoring & Technology Team project to assess lineside biodiversity🛤️🐾
@zslscience.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay #CameraTrapTuesday
Screenshot of London HogWatch Zooniverse project for Highgate Wood Survey, showing a hedgehog on a camera trap image
🚨Exciting news!🚨
Funded by City of London Corp & in collab with Heath Hands, our Highgate Wood survey is now LIVE on Zooniverse!
Help us to understand the hedgehog & wildlife populations in this ancient wood by signing up and classifying 👉 tinyurl.com/ykhprrt9
@highgatewood.bsky.social 🦔🦉🦊
Monday yawns are in full swing!🦊💤
#londonhogwatch #cameratrapping #cameratrap #london #fox #hedgehog #hedgehogs #foxesofinstagram #monday #mondaysyndrome
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We all got that Friday feeling... even squirrels! ✨🌻🌞
#hogwatch #london #conservation #cameratraps #squirrel #hedgehog #hedgehogs #zsl #britishwildlife
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Our Highgate Wood survey funded by City of London Corporation & in collab with Heath Hands features in
Ham & High!
We found a big increase from 1 camera with hedgehog detections in 2017, to 19 cameras in 2025!🦔🎉
Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/2vs25kyu
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A new yoga pose: upward-facing fox! 🦊🧘♀️
This zen fox was captured during our National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme survey with Kingston Council. You help to 'spot' more scenes like this by visiting tinyurl.com/5kn3cr7e 👈🦔
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ZSL staff member shows volunteers how to deploy a camera trap
Image of an area of Regents Park, showing their lake and bridge.
Area of Regents Park, showing a pathway covered in luscious green vegetation.
Image of a camera trap strapped to a tree in Regents Park, showing a whiteboard with information about the survey.
We're surveying Regents Park, a park we've surveyed since 2016🦔
Huge thanks to Raffles London at The OWO who part funded the survey & volunteered with deployment!
This will provide vital insights into this important central population!
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We're extremely excited to announce the launch of our new website!
It's your go-to place for keeping up to date with the latest London HogWatch projects: www.londonhogwatch.org
Huge thanks to @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social for funding it's creation & making it possible 🦔
It's #NationalAllotmentsWeek2025 🪴🌻
Allotments are important green spaces and habitat for #hedgehogs and other wildlife in urban environments. We've been monitoring a few allotments as part of the this year and they've been beautiful and full of wildlife! 🦔 🦋 🦉@zslofficial.bsky.social
Last week we ventured to Barnes to put out National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme cameras with @barnescommon.bsky.social!
Great to see all the different habitats and wildlife across the Common 💚🦔
The #NHMP is led by both @ptes-org.bsky.social and @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
Barnes Common is known to be a habitat for bee wolves, which are solitary wasps that dig burrows in sandy areas. These wasps are also known as bee-killers due to their habit of catching and paralyzing honey bees to provision their nests. The females dig the burrows, sometimes reaching a meter in length with multiple side tunnels, and then hunt bees to store in these chambers for their larvae to feed on.
Camera trap deployment, writing field notes
Cinnabar moth caterpillar on a ragwort plant.
Volunteers learning how to put up a camera trap.
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We're very excited to announce our Richmond Park Zooniverse Project, a collaboration with Friends of Richmond Park & The Royal Parks, is now live!!
Help us to identify the species captured in this study & discover the wildlife of Richmond! 🦔🦆🦌
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Thank so much for the feedback, we'll be sure to do this next time!
We successfully deployed National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme cameras with @wildchiswick.bsky.social!
Many thanks to Chiswick House & volunteers! We saw lots of hog-friendly initiatives such as highways & habitat 🦔
The #NHMP is led by both @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
Happy Hogiversary Chloe!! 🥳
Thank you for all the hard work over the last 3 years! This year Chloe has been a 🌟and created our very own Zooniverse project (tinyurl.com/46fj3sun) allowing us to engage more people in our conservation projects. 🦔🦊
How Clean Is Your House? Queens Wood camera collection edition!
Our 1st camera collection of the year was a success & as always, lots of insects made our camera traps their home.
Thanks to Friends of Queens Wood & volunteers who helped! Time to see what the cameras collected👀
While half the team were living it up at #GlastonburyFestival this weekend the animals were having their own party! 🦊 🎊 🥳 #GlastonburyFestival @zslofficial.bsky.social
Did you know that #Tawnyowls can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees! An owls forward-facing eyes cannot move in their sockets, so they must turn their heads instead. This movement helps with finding + catching their prey!
📸 @barnescommon.bsky.social #FunfactFriday #DYK @zslofficial.bsky.social
