‘I’ve been busy contacting landowners, visiting them on site, signing them up to the project and surveying with the help of my BEVS volunteers and EMEC staff. To date I have signed up 10 landowners to give access for surveying which equates to approximately 600ha (6km²) of land. There are lots more in the pipeline, including some of the University of Nottingham land, who I am hoping will be signed up very soon. I’ve had a good response from the landowners I’ve been in touch with, and it seems that every person I see face to face has then given me information about other landowners near to them to contact.

I really want to keep the impetus on new landowner contacts going over the next 6 months of the project and I am working hard on increasing landowner sign ups. We are hoping for the next tranche of funding for badger vaccination will be confirmed over the next few months to enable NWT to progress the project into 2023 and beyond.’