Welcome to WILDCOMS, a collaborative network formed between various UK surveillance schemes that monitor disease and contaminants in vertebrate wildlife and aims to:

• provide a focal point for disease and contaminant monitoring in wild vertebrates
• provide an integrated overview of the health status of UK wild vertebrates
• facilitate collaboration between WILDCOMS network partners
• facilitate identification of disease and contaminants of emerging concern

The latest quarterly WILDCOMS newsletter can be found in our Newsletters

Information about the individual surveillance schemes in the WILDCOMS network can be found in Schemes. Dead birds and mammals are of interest to:

• Dead bird of prey? Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme
• Suspected poisoned wildlife? Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme England and Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme Scotland
• Dead otter? Cardiff University Otter Project
• Stranded marine mammal? UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme
• Sick or dead wildlife in your garden? Garden Wildlife Health

WILDCOMS was established through a Knowledge Exchange grant from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). For further information or to join the mailing list for our newsletters please email WILDCOMS