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HedgeBlog: why we should be concerned about the decline of hedgehogs
Ella Lazic, Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Conservation Apprentice, talks to us about the importance of hedgehogs as an indicator species, explaining why their decline should concern us.
A garden for hedgehogs in spring
One of the highlights of last summer for me was regularly finding a hedgehog (which I imaginatively called Hedgey) and a larger hedgehog (Hodge) in our garden late on summer evenings.
Five things we found out about hedgehogs at 'Wildlife Matters LIVE: Operation Hedgehog update'
Hedgehogs are easy to love. With their curious, snuffly faces and habit of rolling into a ball when things get too much, it’s certainly not hard to understand why they’ve repeatedly been voted as…
What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
Hedgehog Awareness Week!!
This week is all about spreading the word about hedgehogs, our spiky little garden friends who are sadly disappearing from our countryside at an alarming rate.
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.…
The mobile App that helps Cornish hedgehogs
An exciting new mobile app has just been launched that will make recording Cornish wildlife quick easy and fun. The ORKS App, created by ERCCIS; Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s wildlife records centre…
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.
Hedgehogs in the garden – Autumn and Winter advice
Rowena Millar, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's (currently Non-Roving) Wildlife Reporter, continues to show us how to make the best of our gardens for wildlife. As we head towards Christmas, many…
Cornwall's hedgehogs are disappearing - you can help them
You can probably remember when they were a familiar sight at night in gardens and hedgerows but that’s a fast-fading memory, as hedgehog numbers have halved in the countryside in the last 20 years…