Found a dead bird or mammal? Check out the WILDCOMS project.

07 November 2012

WILDCOMS is a new collaborative network formed between the various UK surveillance schemes that monitor disease and contaminants in vertebrate wildlife.

WILDCOMS aims to:

  • provide a focal point for disease and contaminant monitoring in wild vertebrates
  • provide an integrated overview of the health status of UK wild vertebrates
  • facilitate collaboration between WILDCOMS network partners
  • facilitate identification of disease and contaminants of emerging concern
Many of the individual schemes in the WILDCOMS network rely on the public to send in dead birds and mammals that they find. If you have found a dead bird or mammal, please look at their website and 'Samples wanted' page to find out which scheme you should contact.

The WILDCOMS network has been established through a Knowledge Exchange grant from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Link: http://bitly.com/SwBosA

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