European hedgehog
Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…
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Help a hedgehog
What to do if you spot a hedgehog out in daylight, how to check your bonfire for hedgehogs and how to create a hedgehog house in your garden.
Wetland mammals
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Discover more about the amazing world of wetland mammals with Paul Wilkinson
Adopt a hedgehog
Searching for an original gift for a nature lover? Sponsor a hedgehog with the Wildlife Trusts to help fund conservation efforts. Perfect for adults and children!
Hedgehog Walk
Are you and your little ones ready to make a difference for wildlife? This spring, The Wildlife Trusts invites you to join The Hedgehog Walk! From 31st March to 13th April, take on the challenge of walking 3km while fundraising for wildlife along the way. With the support of Aardman and your favorite Timmy Time characters, you’ll not only enjoy the outdoors but also help create a safer world for hedgehogs, badgers, and more. Pre-register today to be the first to hear when sign up opens.
How to create a hedgehog hole
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
How to build a hedgehog home
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Wildlife Watch - Helping hedgehogs (Family event)
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Join our children's Wildlife Watch event and find out about hedgehogs and how you can help these spiky little creatures in your garden!
Return of the hedgehogs
We all love hedgehogs, but climate change, habitat loss and pollution are all big threats to the species, and unless we act, hedgehogs could eventually go extinct. To draw attention to this prickly fact, we’ve teamed up with local people to place 50 hedgehog sculptures around Epsom and Ewell. We want to help people imagine a world where hedgehogs have bounced back to their former glory!
New Training Course: Recording Dead Marine Mammals
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Join our free training session on Thursday 8th January at 6:30pm in Peel to learn how to record dead marine mammals found on our shores and understand why this information is vital for…
Water Voles and Other Riverside Mammals with Iain Webb and Ruth Hawksley
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Learn about riverside mammals, including water voles
Saving hedgehogs
Hedgehogs have declined dramatically in recent decades and are considered vulnerable. Wildlife Trusts across the UK are working hard to turn things around.