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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 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.

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Help a hedgehog

What to do if you spot a hedgehog out in daylight, how to check your bonfire for hedgehogs and how to create a hedgehog house in your garden.
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Hedgehog Awareness Week - Day 7 - Hedgehog homes

It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week! With the warmer months luring hedgehogs out of their winter hibernacula, May is an exciting time of year and the perfect time to act and give hedgehogs a helping hand…

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Hedgehog Courses

Interested in discovering more about hedgehogs, why not attend one of our numerous courses on hedgehogs.
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National Hedgehog Awareness Week 2021

It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week! As hedgehogs are lured out of their winter hibernacula by the warmer spring weather, May is an exciting time of year and the perfect time to act and give hedgehogs a…

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How hedgehog friendly is Ipswich?

Almost two years ago Suffolk Wildlife Trust set out, with support from Heritage Lottery Fund and British Hedgehog Preservation Society, on a mission to make Ipswich the most hedgehog friendly town…

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Hedgehog Awareness Week, Day 4 - Be Messy

It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week! With the warmer months luring hedgehogs out of their winter hibernacula, May is an exciting time of year and the perfect time to act and give hedgehogs a helping hand…