This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Hedgehog Hibernation Survey records

Dataset homepage

Citation

People's Trust for Endangered Species (2022). Hedgehog Hibernation Survey records. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6ncy5o accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-21.

Description

Hedgehog records from the UK-wide Hedgehog Hibernation Survey, first carried out in 2012. The survey is jointly funded by People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS), as part of the Hedgehog Street project.

Purpose

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records are submitted voluntarily by members of the public with a wide range of expertise. Sightings were not verified although the risk of misidentification is low for this species. The dataset should not be regarded as having a comprehensive geographical coverage, record distribution is likely to be biased towards populated areas. The dataset has been checked using the NBN record cleaner and as a result erroneous grid references were corrected or removed.

Method steps

  1. Data were captured via a public-participation survey. Volunteers submitted records of hedgehogs observed between 1st February and 31st August of each year using an online form. As the hedgehog is an easily identified species, records were only excluded if the location details were not clear or obviously incorrect.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

UK-wide. As the dataset was generated by volunteers and hedgehogs are most commonly observed in people's gardens or on roads the occurrence of records is likely to be biased towards populated areas. Most data were submitted with a postocde as the location, which were then converted to British National Grid format as 6-figure grid references for the centre of the postcode area. Some records were submitted directly as 6 or 8-figure grid references.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
People's Trust for Endangered Species
metadata author
People's Trust for Endangered Species
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Emily Thomas
administrative point of contact
email: emily.thomas@ptes.org
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource