How you can help hedgehogs:

• If you find a badly injured hedgehog please take it to a vet immediately.
• If you find a hedgehog out in the day time it will need to be rescued. Keep it warm until help can be found.
• Make sure that hedgehogs can access your garden by creating gaps in the hedge or fence 16cm x 16 cm (7” x 7” approx).
• Make sure your garden is safe for visiting hedgehogs – check that ponds have a shallow end, don’t use slug pellets and be hedgehog aware when lighting fires and moving solid structures like garden sheds.
• Provide cat or dog food each evening.
• Provide fresh clean water especially in dry weather.
• Talk to your neighbours about helping hedgehogs in your street.

Hedgehogs are in desperate decline and need your help.

• Make your pond safe
• Check before mowing
• Make a log pile
• Leave a messy area in the garden
• Link your garden to others

Did you know that Hedgehogs have very poor eyesight and rely on their keen sense of smell and hearing?

Hedgehogs are mostly nocturnal, and they forage for soil invertebrates such as earthworms, beetles and caterpillars, but will also occasionally feed on carrion.