0202411062317
A Hop of Hope Description: A partnership project led by Citizen Zoo and involving the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants and Natural England returned the large marsh grasshopper to several wetlands across East Anglia as part of a rewilding project.
STARDIT ID:
STARDIT ID:
0202411062317
Dates
State ongoing
Start 2018-01-01
Form updated 2024-11-12
Report authors
Jack Nunn (link)
0000-0003-0316-3254
Checked report as part of project 'Improving Citizen Science to Benefit Society: A Discussion Paper' -https://stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/0202407220511
0000-0003-0316-3254
Checked report as part of project 'Improving Citizen Science to Benefit Society: A Discussion Paper' -https://stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/0202407220511
Location
East Anglia, UK
Aims
Increasing biodiversity in East Anglia wetlands, specifically the large marsh grasshopper
Keywords
biodiversity
insect
translocation
Category
management/monitoring
Inputs
organisation
Citizen Zoo project as part of Rewilding Europe (link)
Task: Promotes rewilding and community engagement re: grasshoppers
Recruitment: https://rewildingeurope.com/join-us/
Compensation: volunteer
Outputs and impacts
event
Three translocations
Impact: Increased biodiversity in the wetlands
event
Increased number of translation sites from two to four
Impact: Increased biodiversity in the wetlands
other
Increased number of Citizen Keepers
Impact: Support translocations