BS4 Hedgehog Project

28/10/2025

its Autumn a busy time for hedgehogs , you can help them out by keeping a messy part of your garden to hibernate in and supplementary feeding

here some useful advice and guidance to help look after our prickly pals :-)

27/05/2025

Great advice on helping hedgehogs

Do you know what to do if you spot a you're concerned about?
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Follow our first aid advice & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
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https://buff.ly/2wodWgS

22/11/2024

Some of our favourite things science education and hedgehogs all meet in this radio show - you can catch up on bbc sounds :-)

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 31, Hedgehogs

Brian Cox and Robin Ince emerge from the hedge row waking up their guests from hibernation to discuss the fascinating lives of Britain’s favourite mammal, the hedgehog. They are joined by hedgehog experts Hugh Warwick and Sophie Lund Rasmussen (also know as Dr Hedgehog), and by broadcaster and poet Pam Ayres. Sophie Lund Rasmussen has crowd sourced 14 freezers worth of dead hedgehogs for her research and has brought one of her more unique samples with her, the p***s of the oldest known hedgehog who reached a stupendous 16 years of age! Together our panel snuffle their way through the evolution of hedgehogs, their life cycle and how to stop them getting run over by robotic lawn mowers!

Brian Cox and Robin Ince forage into the prickly lives of hedgehogs with Pam Ayres.

22/10/2024

NEW Britain’s National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy
13th October 2024
Britain’s first National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy has been published by People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS).

The strategy has been created in response to trends highlighted in the State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022 report, which revealed that British hedgehogs have declined by between 30-75% in rural areas since 2000. To tackle this ongoing decline, we have worked collaboratively with over 30 stakeholders to create a topline, national strategy that can guide the change that’s desperately needed. Stakeholders include leading conservation NGOs, academics, educational institutions, hedgehog rehabilitators and organisations within the transport and farming sectors,

Britain’s first National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy has been published by People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog […]

10/05/2023

People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) have been working together on hedgehogs for a number of years, and are embarking on a brand new monitoring scheme this year. Along with partners at the Institute of Zoology, Nottingham Trent University and Durham University, we are embarking on a three-year pilot of a brand new National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme (NHMP). We will employ the Random Encounter Model to generate hedgehog density estimates, using camera trap data from sites across Britain.



We’re looking for enthusiastic, dedicated regional volunteer groups to partner with us. We are inviting Wildlife Trusts, other eNGOs, local mammal groups and universities to get involved. As they join the scheme, each group will be asked to commit to monitoring 2-5 sites per year and make a modest commitment of staff time to coordinate the surveys.



We're hosting a free webinar to find out more about the project and ask questions. The same webinar will be hosted on two dates on Zoom; Tuesday 23rd May at 10am, and Wednesday 24th May 6pm on Zoom



Please see below the information and links to sign up for Tuesday 23 May here:
https://shop.ptes.org/product/ticket/piloting-a-new-national-hedgehog-monitoring-programme-tuesday-23rd-may-2023/?utm_campaign=NHMP%20webinar%20email%20%28Wildlife%20Trusts%29&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_content=&utm_medium=email





And for Wednesday 24 May here:

https://shop.ptes.org/product/ticket/piloting-a-new-national-hedgehog-monitoring-programme-wednesday-24th-may-2023/?utm_campaign=NHMP%20webinar%20email%20%28Wildlife%20Trusts%29&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_content=&utm_medium=email



Please let us know if you have any questions, or are interested but not free on either of those dates.



Best wishes Nida



Nida Al-Fulaij | Conservation Research Manager | 020 7062 8620

04/05/2023

It's Hedgehog Awareness Week!

With over half of hedgehogs lost from our countryside since 2000 these prickly mammals need our help. We've recently added a page to our website devoted to hedgehogs and what better time to launch it than during Hedgehog Awareness Week!
You will find lots of useful information and links to hedgehog protection websites plus ways that we can help you set up a Hedgehog Street in your neighbourhood. Take a look today HERE
https://www.keynshamawt.org/hedgehogs
For the next week (until 11th May) Peoples Trust for Endangered Species have matched funding from Aviva for any donations made towards their "Helping Hedgehogs Thrive Again" campaign. Why not make a donation HERE https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/helping-hedgehogs-thrive-again today.

💛 In the last 20 years, hedgehog numbers have dropped by a third in urban areas and by half in rural areas. We must help save hedgehogs.

26/03/2023

21/02/2023

can anyone share this in our local schools please ?

Join Gordon Buchanan and roam the wildlife friendly gardens of Hedgehog Close in this charming stop-frame animation.For further information on protecting hed...