Rush of calls prompts Trust to issue hedgehog advice
The Trust has issued advice to be used if people find hedgehogs in trouble after receiving a number of calls for help in recent days – and the changing climate could be a factor.
The Trust has issued advice to be used if people find hedgehogs in trouble after receiving a number of calls for help in recent days – and the changing climate could be a factor.
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.…
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
We can all take steps to protect hedgehogs on bonfire night. Follow our 4 steps to make sure you keep hedgehogs safe.
Hedgerows are one of our most easily encountered wildlife habitats, found lining roads, railways and footpaths, bordering fields and gardens and on the coast.
Some interesting and useful advice for anyone with a wildlife garden – or indeed anyone thinking about making their garden more wildlife friendly for the first time.
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