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 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…
Hedgehog Awareness Week, Day 2 - Make a hedgehog hole
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…
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.
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.
How to build a hedgehog home
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Hedgehog news
Hedgehog news
Hedgehog Courses
Interested in discovering more about hedgehogs, why not attend one of our numerous courses on hedgehogs.
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…
How to make a log shelter
Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
Hedgehog cards
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Join us for a Hedgehog Lantern Parade
Saturday 1 September, Holywells Park to Ipswich Waterfront - from 6pm
To mark the end of Suffolk Wildlife Trust's pioneering project to make Ipswich the most hedgehog friendly town in…