We are very glad that the wheelie bins and 'Green Joannas' from the project continue to assist the community in managing their waste - a task they have been successfully achieving over the years - but as we all know, we need to ensure waste remains at a minimum, so if a rat does return, there is limited food for them to eat! 

Volunteer Lindsey Death was also handing out crib sheets and 'shrew monitoring packs' to each household. These crib sheets will help everyone to learn the difference between shrew and rat droppings. They can also place chocolate wax around any mystery droppings to monitor for shrews or rats (they will gnaw the wax and leave teeth marks which we can identify). The community will do this if we think that it is highly likely that the suspicious sign is a shrew, if we are less certain the team will continue to put out a full monitoring grid.