Raye, Lee  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-9916
2016.
2015-2016 Cardiff University Slow Worm Project.
[Project Report].
Cardiff University.
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Abstract
* This report describes the first year (2016) of a slow worm project at a secret site at Cardiff University. * The site is the grounds of a student residences location within the urbanised area of Cathays, Cardiff. * Part of the site has been re-wilded into a grassland meadow for slow worms and other wildlife, and a piece of corrugated tin has been placed to warm in the sun for heat-loving reptiles. * The site was monitored for slow worms and the project was successful. There were 29 sightings in the active season (4th May-17th October 2016). This season is slightly later than average. The peak numbers of individuals recorded in single visits were in July and August, which is again later than average. * The project was carried out by grounds people from the SPORT department as part of the Cardiff University Sustainability initiative. * Slow worms are a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) and a species of principal importance for biodiversity under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016).
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Date Type: | Completion |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | slow worms, site report, species data, herpetology |
| Publisher: | Cardiff University |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 12 December 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2022 09:43 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96201 |
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