{"id":148763,"date":"2026-08-27T14:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=148763"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:44:00","slug":"conservation-bioblitz-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/conservation-bioblitz-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Students help reveal the growing biodiversity of Reaseheath\u2019s Local Wildlife Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_left'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-mtbjyjyl-424440637beb784f06ab9317d99e3be3 avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-mtbjyjyl-424440637beb784f06ab9317d99e3be3__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-148762 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-148762\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shared-image-34-1500x630.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"630\" title='shared image (34)' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_left'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-148763'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-8xvutp7-d43b257ee71fae461e5e40990997476a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Environmental Conservation students at Reaseheath College and University Centre have been helping improve biodiversity on the campus\u2019s Greenway Trail before putting their work to the test during the annual bioblitz.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the year, Level 2 and 3 students carried out habitat management on the Local Wildlife Site, clearing grass, cutting back encroaching willow, removing invasive Himalayan balsam and improving access to the area. They also set up mammal tunnels ahead of an annual survey to help identify the species using the site.<\/p>\n<p>Before the summer break, the students were joined by wildlife experts from Cheshire environmental records centre RECORD to carry out a bioblitz, a rapid biodiversity survey used to assess the health of an ecosystem and monitor changes over time.<\/p>\n<p>Working alongside the RECORD team, students identified a wide variety of wildlife, including great burnet, meadowsweet and cuckoo flower, as well as banded demoiselles, azure damselflies and broad-bodied chaser dragonflies. Evidence of badgers, wood mice, bank voles and common shrews was also recorded, alongside bird species including chiffchaffs, greenfinches, wrens and treecreepers.<\/p>\n<p>The findings will now be added to the RECORD database, providing valuable information to support conservation efforts across Cheshire while helping students monitor the impact of their ongoing habitat management.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental Conservation Lecturer Jasmine Hulse said: \u201cIt&#8217;s fantastic for students to be involved in every stage of the process. They&#8217;ve spent the year improving the habitat and then had the opportunity to work alongside RECORD to see the wildlife it supports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperiences like this give our students valuable industry skills while showing them how long-term habitat management and ecological monitoring go hand in hand. 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