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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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 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 news
Hedgehog news
Young leader hedgehog championing
I love hearing stories about the work of our hedgehog champions across Ipswich and today I wanted to showcase the work of one of our youngest champions, Rowan.
Hedgehog talks and drop-in sessions!
January saw the first of our public hedgehog talks, with the residents of Ipswich coming along to learn more about hedgehog ecology, the threats they face, and how we are trying to help them!
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 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 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…
Hedgehog Torchlight Tour
It's Hedgehog Awareness Week and we invited you to find out more about hedgehogs, how to help them, and go on a night time walk in search of the elusive creatures themselves!