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University Mammal Challenge
UMAC is a competition where student teams record campus mammals and compete for prizes while supporting mammal conservation.
Red squirrel
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With the impacts of biodiversity loss becoming clear, we must do more than just monitor, we need to take actions to protect wildlife too.
What is the University Mammal Challenge?
The University Mammal Challenge, or UMAC, is the Mammal Society’s annual competition that sees teams of up to 5 students recording the mammals on their university or college campuses. There are a few rules to follow, and some set surveying methods, but we encourage students to gather as many records and engage as many people as possible. After all, it is a competition! There are prizes up for grabs, so you can contribute to UK mammal conservation whilst enjoying some friendly rivalry with other university campus teams!
UMAC 2024
This years challenge was a huge success! Our 10 teams raised £520, hosted 18 events, and walked 270 transects! They also logged over mammal sightings and uploaded more than 2000 sequences to mammalweb!
You can hear all about what they were up to by watching our celebration webinar here.
Or check out our blog for posts for many of our students.
We’re on the lookout for potential sponsors for UMAC 2025, for more info please email Fiona, fiona@mammal.org.uk