28/10/2026
Hedgehogs Need Our Help 🦔
British hedgehogs are in threat of extinction, numbers of these once common creatures have fallen due to habitat loss, we can help by providing a friendly environment such as easy access to our gardens, food and places to rest and nest. Hedgehogs are fast on their feet and can travel long distances and are by nature nocturnal, so you seldom see them during the day.
How To Make Your Garden Hedgehog Friendly 🦔
- Hedgehogs make nests lined with moss in sheltered sites under dense hedges or brambles, where they will hibernate and sleep through the winter months.
- Always check under hedges and in long grass for wildlife before using a strimmer.
- If you have hedgehogs in your vicinity, you can help them by putting out food such as dried kitten biscuits and fresh water.
- A CD sized hole (13cm) at the base of a fence or 'hedghog highway' allows hogs to pass freely in search of food or a mate.
- Insect friendly habitats such as log piles and wildflowers will encourage their favourite food - beetles!
- Don't use slug pellets, which are poisonous, not only to slugs but to the birds and small mammals that eat them.
https://seedball.co.uk/how-to-make-your-garden-hedgehog-friendly/
