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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.…
Wildlife Watch Events
Operation Hedgehog Volunteers
The UK’s favorite mammal needs your help. Hedgehogs are now classed as vulnerable to extinction. If we don't act now, they could be lost forever. Why not volunteer your time to help this red…
Hedgehog Survey 2022
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.
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.
Protecting one of the world's rarest habitats: lowland heath
We’ve lost approximately 80 per cent of our lowland heath in Britain over just the last 200 years.
We chatted with our West Cornwall Reserves Manager, Nick Marriott, to find out about our…
The Great Big Hedgehog Quiz
Rowena Millar, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's (currently Non-Roving) Wildlife Reporter, has adopted the role of wildlife Christmas quizmaster for her latest blog. How many questions can you answer…
Thank you for your Hedgehog Appeal donation
With your donation we will be able to coordinate hedgehog-saving, county-wide action. We will organise citizen surveys to gauge hedgehog populations, education for developers, land managers and policy makers and supporting local communities to build homes for hedgehogs, among plenty of other hedgehog-helping activities.
We are extremely grateful for your support – thank you once again.
Rocky habitat
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
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.