Curious about camera trapping? Join Dr SammyMason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 22nd January 2026 for a live Introduction to Camera Trapping webinar. Learn how to choose, set & use camera traps for wildlife study & conservation. 🌎 🧪 🎟️ £12.50 → www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...

Our June newsletter is out. It has an NHMP competition update, news on site developments, and a mystery deer to classify. If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here: lnkd.in/d7SCd6wZ If you're feeling keen, you can also classify the mystery stag, here: lnkd.in/dshPEidZ #cameratraps

Discover the power of citizen science! Join Dr Sammy Mason on 9 July to explore how @mammalweb.bsky.social is transforming mammal monitoring with 2M+ camera trap records and a growing community. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1349516232... 🧪 🌍 #MammalWeb #CameraTraps #CitizenScience

🦉 Help classify wildlife photos from garden camera traps and win a camera trap of your own! 🦊 GBW & @mammalweb.bsky.social need your eyes to spot #birds & #mammals in over 180k image sequences. Every classification = 1 entry into the prize draw! Join in 👉 www.mammalweb.org/en/?view=pro... #CitSci

🎁 It's competition time! 🎁 You could be in with a chance to win prizes for taking part in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme! For more info on how to enter, visit www.hedgehogstreet.org/nhmp-competi... @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @mammalweb.bsky.social

Fantastic new paper led by @charlotteesharpe.bsky.social exploring the integration of Ai and citizen science through @mammalweb.bsky.social with @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CJ8QP4...

Our May newsletter has just gone out, featuring - among other things - news of a competition happening now, with prizes awarded by @ptes-org.bsky.social! If you don't yet subscribe, check it out here eomail1.com/web-version?... #mammals #ukwildlife #cameratraps

Happy 99th Birthday to our President, the legendary Sir David Attenborough 🎂🦋 Thank you for being an inspiration to millions across the globe.

Missed the NHMP talk hosted by @zslscience.bsky.social ? 🦔 Catch up & find out how we're tracking hedgehogs across the country: shorturl.at/jP54j @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @mammalweb.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social & Nottingham Trent Uni

Double-whammy: #NationalMammalWeek AND #EarthDay - and what better way to celebrate than by learning about the differences between hares and rabbits? 🐰🐇 Video brought to you by @oxfordconted.bsky.social and @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🐾🧪🌏

Being new to Blue sky gives us a chance to emphasise that all our wonderful contributors have been recognised by not 1 but 2 awards over recent months! Thanks to @nbntrust.bsky.social for the 2024 group award for wildlife recording, and @durhamcouncil.bsky.social for the 2024 volunteer group award!

A quick post to announce that MammalWeb has finally arrived on Blue Sky! Check out our latest (April) newsletter at tinyurl.com/MW-April or visit the site at www.mammalweb.org. #citizenscience #mammals #ukwildlife #nature #naturephotography #cameratraps #biodiversity #peopleandnature

Fantastic recognition for the enormous impact our contributors make to biodiversity monitoring. Thank you! x.com/durham_uni/sta…

Thanks to MammalWeb trappers Sian and Maggie English for contributing the footage.

A great opportunity to get involved with MammalWeb and the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme in collaboration with @PTES and @hedgehogsociety x.com/durham_uni/sta…

Camera traps up for grabs! Every classification before the end of February on the Wild London project gets you a ticket in the draw. What are you waiting for?! t.co/F2vN8XQcDI

Did you see @MammalWeb on the @BBCTheOneShow earlier this week? Don't worry if not, you can catch it here in their great segment on trail cameras/ camera traps! <iframe width="400" height="500" frameborder="0" src= bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…

Congratulations to @SammyMason25 who's incredible PhD work has made a big difference to the MammalWeb project, helping us understand the data and getting lots of new schools involved and more children connected to nature through camera trapping - amazing work Sammy!🥳 x.com/SammyMason25/s…

Don't forget that we have TWO camera traps to be won this month!!! Don't miss out 📷📷📷 #giveaway #cameratrap x.com/MammalWeb/stat…

Thank you to everyone who commented on our camera trap quiz yesterday! This was a tricky one, it looks quite rat-like but the size of the rodent and prominent ears point towards it being a wood mouse. Come back next week for another #cameratrapquiz !

As it is Wednesday, it's time for another #cameratrapquiz! Can you identify which species is lurking in this #cameratrap photo? Let us know what you think and the answer will be revealed here tomorrow! #MammalWeb #Mammals #CameraTraps #CameraTrapping #NaturePositive

It's time for a #MondayMammalFact, and this week's is about sea otters! 🦦#Seaotters have got pockets of baggy skin in their armpits, in which they store foraged food and their favourite rock. This rock is used to crack open hard-shelled prey, including #clams and #molluscs!🐚

Well done to anyone who guessed Pine Marten for this week's #cameratrapquiz! This particular set of camera trap snaps is from a study in the forest of Dean, in which camera traps were baited with eggs 🥚. #Mammal #CameraTrap #PineMarten

Join the University Mammal Challenge to develop your mammal monitoring skills and contribute to our national mammal monitoring effort by uploading and classifying your team's camera trap footage on MammalWeb x.com/MammSocStudent…

It's Wednesday, so it's time for another #cameratrapquiz ! What #species can you see in this #cameratrap photo wrapping it's jaws around what looks like an egg? Answer revealed tomorrow ! #Mammals #CameraTrap #TakePart

Even though it is no longer Monday, it's time for the weekly #mondaymammalfact! #Hedgehogs protect themselves from #predators by smearing #poisonous plant substances all over their spines. #Selfanointing has been observed in hedgehogs so young that their eyes haven't opened yet!

Calling all mammal loving students! Get involved in the @Mammal_Society University Mammal Challenge to learn mammal recording skills and help provide important data for mammal monitoring by uploading camera trap data to MammalWeb! #CameraTrapping #MammalMonitoring x.com/MammSocStudent…

It's #NationalMammalWeek and this years theme of 'Recording Mammals' is very important to us here at MammalWeb, so to celebrate we have partnered with @Mammal_Society for a very special edition of our #CameraTrapQuiz with a chance to win a footprint tunnel! x.com/Mammal_Society…

An exciting partnership! There are so many benefits to getting involved in the university mammal challenge ! x.com/MammSocStudent…

Today’s #mondaymammalfact is about one of most threatened mammals, the Wildcat! Wildcats came to the UK from Europe over 9,000 years ago when they were still connected by land, and have remained an isolated population since.

It’s the first Monday of #brocktober so for our #mondaymammalfact we’re celebrating badgers! The word badger only dates back to the 1500s, before this they were called ‘brock’ or ‘brocc’ which comes from the old English name for them. Place names like Brockhampton come from this

Have you voted for MammalWeb in the @nature_scot Citizen Science Award? It's an easy way to help support the project, voting closes at midnight on the 4th of October so now is your last chance! #mammals #CameraTrapping #CitizenScience rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb…

It’s the first Monday in #brocktober so for our #mondaymammalfact we’re celebrating badgers! The word badger has only existed since the 1500s, the older name for these charismatic natives is ‘Brock’ or ‘brocc’, which is the old English name

The answer to yesterday’s #cameratrapquiz is a red deer! A possible lookalike for the image would be sika deer, however sika tend to have spots in the summer or a noticeable colour difference between the underside and top of their coat

For todays #cameratrapquiz we’re testing your species ID! Which deer species is pictured here? Post your answers in the comments and come back tomorrow for the answer

Which do you prefer to classify, photos or videos? New research from MammalWeb finds that, generally, people can classify camera trap videos more accurately than photos! Thank you to everyone who participates in MammalWeb making research like this possible! #CameraTrapTuesday x.com/SianGreen92/st…

It’s time for another #mondaymammalfact ! Here in the UK we’re lucky enough to have 18 species of bat, the largest is the noctule (Nyctalus noctula), and the smallest is the pipstrelle (pipistrellus pipistrellus). The common pipistrelle weighs about the same as a 2p coin!

For those of you who missed our weekly #mammalfact, we’ve got one for you today! Did you know that otters use their spraint (faeces) for communication? An individual’s spraint can tell other otters about age, sex and exactly which otter that it came from - just through scent!

You may have noticed we’ve had a break from regular programming this week, but we’re here with exciting news. MammalWeb is nominated for the Nature of Scotland’s Citizen Science award! Voting closes on the 4th of October, the link is below so please vote! rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb…

Well done to anyone who guessed rabbit to yesterday’s #cameratrapquiz ! It is indeed, the European rabbit. Common and widespread across the UK, but not actually a native species! These small mammals were originally brought over by the Romans, and have been prolific since

This week’s #cameratrapquiz is focusing on your small mammal ID skills! Which species do you see in this image? Post your answer in the comments below

This week’s #mondaymammalfact focuses on the UK’s largest mustelid, the badger! Badgers are highly social animals with some strange courtship behaviours, for example the male will follow the female around and bite her on the back of the neck

Featured in yesterday’s #cameratrapquiz we’ve got a male pheasant! Most of you will be familiar with this one, but they’re a bit trickier to ID without the characteristic colourful head visible!

Testing your ID skills in this week’s #cameratrapquiz ! What species have we got hiding in this image? Post your answers in the comments and come back tomorrow to find out if you got it right!

Are you interested in camera trapping and mammal conservation? Looking to gain experience in public engagement and science communication? If you have a couple of hours to spare per week, consider joining the MammalWeb team as we are looking for a new volunteer intern!

Time for another #mondaymammalfact ! The tawny owl is responsible for the classic ‘twit twoo’ owl call, but it doesn’t actually come from a single owl - it’s a call and response, made up of the female’s ‘too-wit’ and the male’s answering ‘too-woo’

Well done to those of you that spotted the #FallowDeer in today's #CameraTrapQuiz this was a difficult one to spot but the long black stripe down the tail helps distinguish fallow deer from other British deer species!

Sorry for the lack of #CameraTrapQuiz yesterday but we are making up for it today! What can you spot in this image, we will reveal the answer later today so get your guesses in!

Because of their small size and light weight, squirrels can survive falls from almost any height. They can spread their body and tail wide creating more air resistance helping to slow their fall. #MondayMammalFact

Not one but two to spot in yesterday’s #cameratrapquiz ! Well done to those of you who identified these two blackbirds, with the male at the front and the more brown female behind. As always, we’ll have another quiz next week, so be sure to check it out!