@Dazthefailure I look outside the back door, talk to locals, hedgehogs being seen locally for first time in 25+ years. Have you read this study... https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@TimKendall70 What was the cause of the decline prior to the graphs and what do you think is the cause since? Why are we seeing recovery in cull zones? https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@drmel57 @Nigelrefowens The meme implied that and research certainly acknowledges populations recovering in cull zones.... https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@Patrick_Dudette Here's a good study.... https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@Tarimoor @MikejHardy Take a look here.. https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm Although few are interested in actual facts
@IanCarter67 Lots of people noticing them but one study here think there are others . https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@IanCarter67 @avochie The reason I say there is really no doubt is evidence based, there are plenty more like this: https://t.co/uTRY8otkmC https://t.co/yb1tUjRFD1
@thattnicholls You may get some answers from here... https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@Barb_Drummond They are. We have hedgehogs back in local fields for the first time in 35 years https://t.co/GWof7BEAZm
@rugbyandlife Not sure of source data, but a good report on the subject here.. https://t.co/GWof7BF8OU
@hedgehogsociety @PhilatRedRock Are you actively measuring hedgehog populations in badger cull areas? Research in badger cull areas in the past showed hedgehog populations more than doubled. https://t.co/uTRY8otkmC
@FoxWhitfield Some research for you, from the RBCT. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
@DougWanstall https://t.co/HfNhDDlFdp Link in the thread
Very interesting.
@ThrimbyFarms @1GarethWynJones Fantastic tweet Any thoughts @NFFNUK @Gameandwildlife This study showed hedgehog numbers doubled in culled zones https://t.co/PVtpRtRYAo
@terrierview @Gordon_McGlone Too many badgers means no hedgehogs. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
@StephenHBPE3 @domdyer70 I didn’t miss it I was agreeing with you! The excerpt is from a google search. The following is worth a read.. https://t.co/YtRG4iZNNe
@blueisaac1 @Nottswildlife @ChrisGPackham @IoloWilliams2 @AnneatSaveMe @RuthTingay @PeterEgan6 Easy enough to do a Google search. But of course you won’t so here one article is. Numbers more than doubled in cull areas compared to non cull.https://t.co/BM3X
@Culturalmistake @RosieWoodroffe @JoeWStanley This one
RT @terrierview: @RosieWoodroffe @JoeWStanley The causes of hedgehog decline are undoubtedly more than any single factor. But their numbers…
@RosieWoodroffe @JoeWStanley The causes of hedgehog decline are undoubtedly more than any single factor. But their numbers did more than double in farmland areas where badgers were culled….. https://t.co/uTRY8otkmC
@DarrenC76665860 @BobFlemming73 @terrierview @BadgerCrowd not just for the increase in TB in an overcrowded population, but also that ten times as many animals eat ten times as much food. Culling badgers helps hedgehogs out. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
@terrierview @BobFlemming73 @BadgerCrowd I have never understood this frankly bizarre argument. Especially when set against the findings of this paper.https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y https://t.co/Cf9APY87Tj
RT @BobFlemming73: @PerinatalBirder @1GarethWynJones @SwaledaleMutton @JanLeighton2 @IainTime @DefraGovUK Apologies, I thought the link was…
@PerinatalBirder @1GarethWynJones @SwaledaleMutton @JanLeighton2 @IainTime @DefraGovUK Apologies, I thought the link was a complete one. Try here (am sure you could've found it too) https://t.co/E1FcZj42ns All evidence has weaknesses, if you want to trawl
@AgainstHunting @1GarethWynJones Not quite as cut and dried as that. https://t.co/i0zzDJZ9ia
Following the science, rather than opinions, leads to a more open mind, greater understanding and ability to effect change. https://t.co/UsS0Cc93d6
@Ecolelogical @GrahamDenny9 @simon_r_tucker @Banjodog4 @lagopusscoticus @FWAGeast @NFUtweets @curlewrecovery @AndrewGilruth Scientist here, badger predation is ONE of the significant factors underpinning hedgehog declines - this has been demonstrated exper
@1GarethWynJones @andmiaken @Peterhardwick17 @JobeDoherty Here you go, some facts demonstrating how hedgehog populations recover when badgers are removed. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
@kernowbeaver Too early for the current culls but almost ten years after the RBCT culls finished data was published to show hedgehog numbers more than doubled…… https://t.co/uTRY8otkmC
RT @Big_Mk3: @sbdoughty @HayleyNature @BBCNews Spot on. 👍 There are a huge number of factors effecting hedgehog decline. Ignoring the fac…
RT @Big_Mk3: @sbdoughty @HayleyNature @BBCNews Spot on. 👍 There are a huge number of factors effecting hedgehog decline. Ignoring the fac…
@_alanbradbury @lagopusscoticus @CA_TimB @WildJustice_org Well, there's some there if you look. 1/2 https://t.co/i8S8fMrUbM
@Freedomofdoubt @bovinetb @SwaledaleMutton @BadgerTrust Culling badgers in the UK is hugely nature friendly. Badger numbers have increased tenfold since they became fully protected in 1992. Devastating for hedgehogs and ground nesting birds. This shows the
@simon_r_tucker @IanCarter67 @terrierview @BobFlemming73 @clwydforest @RosieWoodroffe LOL! You can call me a liar as much as you like, if it makes you feel good. 😄 But the facts are here, that removing badgers leads to increase in numbers of hedgehogs. h
@NigelWitham @terrierview A more up-to-date one. https://t.co/i8S8fMaiNc
@becclestown @stuartpengs @DrHWeb Just found it. Fairly small scale but fairly solid. https://t.co/MEGff8lr7Q
@huntwatchuk @wyhuntsabs https://t.co/eiNpFggo2J and no I don't support the cull for its aims.
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers https://t.co/jTpXzHM84z
@skylarkwarrior @DenLeonard Paradoxically, increased roadkill sightings are evidence of a rising population. The 'hogs have to be there in order to be killed on the road. Fewer badgers = more hedgehogs. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @kevinjholmes: #BadgerCull increases population of #hedgehogs who'd have thought it? #Badger.
RT @MilesKing10: @SteveCJjones @adriawildlife @Alexander_Lees there's this paper from RBCT days https://t.co/MuWZTg3tKT. They didn't find a…
@SteveCJjones @adriawildlife @Alexander_Lees there's this paper from RBCT days https://t.co/MuWZTg3tKT. They didn't find any hedgehogs on farmland so there was no uptick in cull areas, but there was an increase on urban grassland nearby. Not clear why thou
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @kevinjholmes: #BadgerCull increases population of #hedgehogs who'd have thought it? #Badger.
RT @mattwridley: "counts of hedgehogs more than doubled over a 5-year period from the start of badger culling (from 0.9 ha−1 pre-cull to 2.…
Do UK hedgehogs live in a landscape of fear in amenity grasslands?
"counts of hedgehogs more than doubled over a 5-year period from the start of badger culling (from 0.9 ha−1 pre-cull to 2.4 ha−1 post-cull), whereas hedgehog counts did not change where there was no badger culling (0.3–0.3 hedgehogs ha−1)." More mesopreda
RT @kevinjholmes: #BadgerCull increases population of #hedgehogs who'd have thought it? #Badger. https://t.co/JpuSTaFxC6
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers https://t.co/jTpXzHM84z
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers https://t.co/jTpXzHM84z
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
RT @wildforest_matt: Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
Interesting - badger culling lead to a local doubling in hedgehog numbers
@InCytometry @HayleyNature @KittyA93455832 @DrAmirKhanGP Have a read of this, Hayley. It's not the badger per se that is the problem, it's the sheer numbers of them nowadays that hedgehogs simply can't cope with. Why would a hungry badger not eat a nestful
@wawlee @SimonKidner See also... "counts of hedgehogs more than doubled over a 5-year period from the start of badger culling" https://t.co/YPcCDNk3dZ
@HeidiBearKaye1 @EsqHerbert @MoorlandMonitor @WildJustice_org @WarOnWildlife @TimBirchWild @CalderdaleM @CalderdaleBadg1 @HighPeakBadgers @MDBG_badgers @LABH2000 Well, please explain then why they are all but extinct in areas with high badger numbers, and
@HedgehogCabin @denny_robert @BenGoldsmith To quote Pat Morris - 'infinite numbers of badgers and hedgehogs cannot coexist. More badgers must mean fewer hedgehogs.' Why continue to deny this? https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y
@E_Hath_ @MathewsFiona @6Lloyd @Mammal_Society @NaturalEngland @DefraGovUK Here you go, enjoy https://t.co/2S56DKBESB
RT @Culturalmistake: @lagopusscoticus I can't see that happening. The usual suspects don't want a grown-up conversation about badger number…
RT @owensweden: @BellaLack Badgers. Badgers eat hedgehogs. The booming badger population certainly isn't the only factor but it's significa…
@BellaLack Badgers. Badgers eat hedgehogs. The booming badger population certainly isn't the only factor but it's significant. Conservationists overlook studies into the badger link, such as this one that found after badger culling hedgehog counts more tha
@The_BatNurse @Nigelrefowens Humans are one factor, but predation by overabundant badgers is a major factor: https://t.co/PTpRSILo1e
@rupatho @mattwridley Badger numbers have a severe negative impact on hedgehog numbers. Have a read of this. https://t.co/cTzZMdZGX6
@IanCarter67 @domdyer70 @terrierview depends https://t.co/eiNpFggo2J on context, without wolves/lynx badgers are the top predators.
RT @BobFlemming73: @JonnyH19852 @pengraiggoch There is a clear statistical difference, highlighted by this study; https://t.co/E1FcZj42ns…
RT @BobFlemming73: @JonnyH19852 @pengraiggoch There is a clear statistical difference, highlighted by this study; https://t.co/E1FcZj42ns…
@terrierview @DenLeonard @domdyer70 I wonder if @domdyer70 has studied this? Is it 'absolute manure' as well? 🤔 https://t.co/cTzZMdZGX6
@JonnyH19852 @pengraiggoch There is a clear statistical difference, highlighted by this study; https://t.co/E1FcZj42ns Hope that helps. I'd read the study pre cull and thought "I'll believe it when I see it". Have been pleasantly surprised.
@suffolkliz @Adrian_Hilton @BenGoldsmith This is a study conducted during the Randomised Badger Control Trials, showing that removal of badgers resulted in increased numbers of hedgehogs: https://t.co/4ZLyAdDEXF There are other scientific papers which con
@Jamescouperuk Some already been done. https://t.co/i8S8fMrUbM
@JimTheBib @stuartpengs This is a good place to start. https://t.co/cTzZMdI65y