Thank you to everyone who continues to submit reports, your data helps us research the impact roads have on our wildlife.
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 68 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. Our unusual reports this week were a coot, woodcock, and grey partridge.
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Yesterday we asked you which gull species we have received the most reports of in our roadkill database. The answer to this is the herring gull, with 504 reports total.
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 62 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. We received some unusual reports: 2 moles and a Greylag goose.
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Yesterday we asked you which goose species you think has been reported to us the most. The answer to this is c. Canada goose, with 30 reports total. Greylag geese have 25 reports total, while pink-footed geese only have 2 reports in our database.
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Which goose species do you think we have received the most roadkill reports of?
a. Greylag goose
b. Pink-footed goose
c. Canada goose
The answer will be revealed tomorrow!
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 34 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers once again.
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Amphibians only make up 1.8% of our database, but over half of these reports are received in February and March. Froglife has information on toad migration at this time of year, and how to help them travel safely: www.froglife.org/what-we-do/t...
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 59 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. Our most unusual report this week was a moorhen report!
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We recently received a report of a fieldfare; the first time in 8 years. This is one of only 6 reports we have received overall.
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 59 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers once again. There were no unusual reports this week.
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On Friday we asked you how many sparrows reports you think that we have received. The answer to this is 159, making up only 0.5% of total bird roadkill reports.
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House sparrows were the number one most spotted bird in the 2025 RSPB ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’, but how many sparrow roadkill reports do you think that we have received since 2014?
a. 57
b. 159
c. 283
d. 354
Comment your answer below and we will reveal the answer on Monday!
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The UK is home to several populations of wild boar. Since 2013, we have received 13 reports. Have you spotted any on the roads?
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 58 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. We also received an uncommon report, a blue tit.
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Since 2014, we have received 8072 hedgehog roadkill reports, averaging 673 hedgehogs per year.
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Yesterday we asked you which of these carnivorous mammals have the most recorded roadkill reports in our database: stoats, pine martens, weasels or mink?
The answer to this question is a. Stoat.
We have received 281 stoat reports in total.
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most roadkill reports of?
a. Stoats
b. Pine Martens
c. Weasels
d. Mink
We will reveal the answer tomorrow!
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 54 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. We also received a rare fieldfare report, one of only five that we have in our database.
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Owls make up 4.7% of roadkill reported to us. The most common species we receive reports of are barn owls, despite tawny owls being the most common owls in the UK according to the RSPB.
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 31 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers.
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The county with the most roadkill reports to us is Hampshire, with 6,373 reports total. This makes up 6.11% of our database.
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Yesterday we asked you which deer species was the most reported in 2025, the answer to this was: a. Roe deer.
Overall, roe deer are also now the most reported deer species in our database, previously being muntjac deer.
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Deer were our 3rd most reported animal in 2025, but which species do you think we received the most roadkill reports of?
a. Roe deer
b. Red deer
c. Muntjac deer
d. Fallow deer
Comment your answer below and we will reveal the answer tomorrow.
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Our website www.theroadlab.co.uk has a new guide on how to submit roadkill report to us via an App, using the ‘Survey123 App’. You can record offline too. How to download here: www.theroadlab.co.uk/downloading-...
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 19 reports last week, with the most common report being badgers. If you spot any roadkill this week, you can report it to us here on our social media, or through our survey here: arcg.is/qSaHP
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We received 1,587 roadkill reports in 2025. These were the top 5 most commonly reported species:
1st - Badger
2nd - Fox
3rd - Deer
4th - Pheasant
5th - Rabbit
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The weekly #roadkillreport is out! We received 24 reports in the past week, with the most common report being foxes. Mammals made up the majority of the reports.
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On Friday we asked you if we receive more squirrel or rabbit reports. The answer to this was rabbits. We have received over 7,400 rabbit reports to date, while we have received just over 5,600 squirrel reports.
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Between rabbits and squirrels, which mammal do you think we receive the most reports of?
Comment below and we will reveal the answer after the weekend!
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