Hedgehog Awareness Week - How Can You Help?

Hedgehog Awareness Week runs from 3rd-9th May 2015 and lots of hedgehoggy events are being organised all around the country!

Hedgehog Awareness Week is organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and takes place every year. It aims to highlight the problems hedgehogs face and how you can help them.

The information below is a plea from them and together, we can all make a huge difference.



This year efforts are focussed on gardeners - there is so much that we as gardeners can do to help the hedgehog, very simple things like:

• Ensuring there is access into the garden (all that is needed is 5" square gap).
• Checking areas before strimming or mowing.
• Moving piles of rubbish to a new site before burning it.
• Ensuring netting is kept at a safe height.
• Checking compost heaps before digging the fork in.
• Stopping or reducing the amount of pesticides and poisons used.
• Covering drains or deep holes.
• Ensuring there is an easy route out of ponds and pools.

So you can do something this week to make a difference to these gorgeous little creatures.