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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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.
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.
Please save a hedgehog from your bonfire
How to check your wood pile for hiding hogs - and how to get them out safely.
Hedgehog warning signs? Yes, you can! And here is how I did it
Barbara Polonara explains how she managed to give her local hedgehogs some extra help
Wildlife gardening: how to help hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are without doubt one of the nation’s favourite mammals, but they are in decline. Ben’s here to share tips on how to help hedgehogs in your garden!
What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
How to check your bonfire for hedgehogs
We can all take steps to protect hedgehogs on bonfire night. Follow our 4 steps to make sure you keep hedgehogs safe.
Nature Tots: Hedgehogs - Nature Discovery Centre, Friday 10 October
Join us for a Hedgehog themed Nature Tots at The NDC where tots can take part in outdoor nature play, stories, trails and crafts.
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Good news for the brown hairstreak butterfly
Counting eggs is the most reliable way to monitor brown hairstreak populations, but can be an arduous task given their relatively tiny size.