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The effects of lockdown on wildlife

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

I was contacted by a range of media organisations to discuss the unprecedented and sudden drop in human activity on wildlife associated with the lockdown.

Period3 Apr 2020 → 3 May 2020

Media contributions

5

Media contributions

  • TitleRat numbers surge as lockdown sparks rodent invasion of deserted North Wales
    Degree of recognitionRegional
    Media name/outletThe Daily post
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date3/05/20
    DescriptionA world without humans appears to be changing wildlife behaviour across the region - but not all of them are welcome.
    URLhttp://- https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rat-numbers-surge-lockdown-sparks-18188490
    PersonsGraeme Shannon
  • TitleInterviewed live on ITN lunchtime news
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletITN
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date30/04/20
    DescriptionDiscussed the effects of the lockdown on human activity.
    PersonsGraeme Shannon
  • TitleInterviewed on the Geoff Lloyd show – BBC Radio Five live
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date13/04/20
    DescriptionDiscussed the effects of the lockdown on wildlife and the opportunities to study this.
    PersonsGraeme Shannon
  • TitleWorld without humans: coronavirus lockdown triggers giant experiment in how animals live without us
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletThe Telegraph
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/04/20
    DescriptionZoologists and conservationists are looking for ingenious ways to gather data on one of the biggest experiments in history.
    URLhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/12/scientists-using-coronavirus-lockdown-understand-wildlife-behaves/
    PersonsGraeme Shannon
  • TitleCoronavirus and nature: Wales' deserted streets are 'massive experiment'
    Degree of recognitionRegional
    Media name/outletBBC Wales
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date3/04/20
    Descriptions humans stay in their homes, nature is adapting to life without them.

    Empty streets have seen mountain goats roaming the streets of Llandudno and peacocks have been seen on Bangor high street.

    "This is unprecedented, it is a massive nature experiment," said Graeme Shannon of Bangor University.
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52136720
    PersonsGraeme Shannon
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