00:00Volunteers in Bristol and across the wider UK are being asked to become wildlife detectives
00:09this spring by searching their gardens, parks and other urban green spaces for wild mammals
00:16and recording their findings online.
00:19Conservationists at leading wildlife charity People's Trust for Endangered Species, PTES,
00:26are calling for nature lovers, families and individuals to participate in their annual
00:31Living With Mammals survey which runs throughout the year.
00:36The survey helps conservationists track changes in wild mammal populations from bats and badgers
00:43to wood mice and weasels and crucially identify those that need the most urgent support.
00:51Taking part is simple, all you do is spend little time in a local green space, it might
00:55be a garden or a park, an allotment or a church yard, looking for wild mammals or signs that
01:02they live behind such as footprints or droppings and record them online and whether you spot
01:09unambiguous grey squirrels or a rare red one, a molehill or a mupjack, every record submitted
01:16to the survey website is important.
01:19Historically we haven't associated urban spaces with wildlife but that's changing, it's becoming
01:25more apparent that our towns and cities can be key strong holders for some species such
01:32as hedgehogs and we need people to tell us more about their neighbourhood and they want
01:38people in the city of Bristol to support and protect wildlife within the west of England.
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