# Hedgehogs and TESSERA on BBC Look East

*2026-05-26 — video*


> "Small and spiky and mostly only seen at night. There are concerns the UK's
> hedgehog population is in decline and this could be part of the solution. An AI tool called
> TESSERA developed at the University of Cambridge which analyses satellite images
> to pinpoint hedgehog habitats and where they're disappearing"

Mirror of BBC Look East <https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wnz2> from May 19th 2026,
with [Anil Madhavapeddy](https://anil.recoil.org), [Sadiq Jaffer](https://toao.com) and [David Coomes](https://coomeslab.org).
Type: Talk
URL: https://crank.recoil.org/videos/watch/65a3d201-5a4d-439b-b7f0-0a9e6d5cd4c3

## Related

- [What happens when a hedgehog story prickles its way into the BBC](https://anil.recoil.org/notes/hedgehog-tessera-week) (note, 2026-05-22)

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Canonical: https://anil.recoil.org/videos/65a3d201-5a4d-439b-b7f0-0a9e6d5cd4c3
Type: video
Tags: tessera, hedgehogs, biodiversity