Sussex Hedgehog Friendly Campus

01/07/2025

After many surveys and taking part in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Program, we have finally have camera trap photos of hedgehogs on the campus! So exciting!

05/05/2021

Female hogs have to adopt a special body pose for mating, and encounters can last for hours!

04/05/2021

Hedgehogs are the UK’s only spiny mammal! These spines act as a valuable defence mechanism when evading predators. But can you guess on average how many spines a hedgehog has?
An adult male has a whopping total of 5000-7000 spines!

03/05/2021

Our European hedgehogs are one of 17 species of hogs found around the world!
Credit: greenhumour.com

02/05/2021

Hedgehogs have come out of hibernation and so have we! Today is the start of Hedgehog Awareness Week and we will be sharing some hoggy facts each day to celebrate!

23/01/2021

HELP US TO HELP HOGS!

Hedgehogs are continuing to decline in the UK and so we are fundraising for British Hedgehog Preservation Society. By making a donation you will also be helping University of Sussex achieve bronze accreditation!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sussex-university-hedgehog-friendly-campus?fbclid=IwAR3QSzCr6lFC5Z29lk1W5epTFl_sG9Lx1F0xDjGbKNs6r3cwZPp-PZAmyZw

04/11/2020

Welcome to Brighton Uni, who have joined in the fun!

We are very pleased to announce that the University of Brighton has signed up to a Hedgehog Friendly Campus​ with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society​! These organisms play a vital and beautiful role in our ecosystems, but they need our help! Recent studies have shown a dramatic decrease in abundance of Hedgehogs! Our aim is to raise awareness about the challenges faced by hedgehogs and provide knowledge on how they can be accommodated for, with hopes of monitoring and improving their quality of life on our campuses.

Hedgehogs need your help! We are asking for students who would like to learn more and help with the campaign. The official launch will be following shortly, where you will find the official page with further information on roles, plans, activities and events!

If you are interested and would like more information or to join us, please contact us through our page or email.

04/11/2020

Anyone planning on having a bonfire tomorrow please make sure you move your log pile to ensure there are no hedgehogs as every year they are injured or killed by bonfires. Since 2000 we have lost 50% of them, due to road traffic accidents, loss of habitats, plastic pollution and bonfires.

04/11/2020

ALERT Anyone having difficulties getting the eventbrite link for today's event it can be found in the email confirmation. Click the orange button that says view event, sign in on the eventbrite page with the email and password you signed up with and it will load to the page with the zoom link and pass code. Or just follow this link https://zoom.us/j/98064384120?pwd=Y3hQbCtiVjRYNnFlU2k4dkNBN0YwQT09

02/11/2020

Only 2 days to go until our FREE webinar which will provide an introduction to hedgehog ecology and behaviour! Grab your ticket using the link below.

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Join us for a webinar which will provide an introduction to hedgehog ecology, behaviour & threats!

23/10/2020

Sadly, the prints that had been thought to be hogs are not. But we have had many other visitors to our footprint tunnels such as these lovely wood mice that are happily eating the bait we left out. As we undertook this surveying late in the season this may explain why we did not find hog prints as many individuals may have started hibernation. We will undertake this again in the spring, so if anyone would be interested in helping with the survey please let us know. For now lets do our best to make the university campus as friendly as possible for all our furry and prickly friends!!!

23/10/2020

We are holding a webinar about the mysterious life of hedgehogs on the 4th November at 11am with Jo from the Hedgehog Friendly Campus Initiative and we would love to see you there! This will be a really informative webinar telling us more about the life of our endangered prickly friends. Book your ticket through the link below now 🦔🦔🦔🦔 🐾🐾🐾

Join us for a webinar which will provide an introduction to hedgehog ecology, behaviour & threats!