This Hedgehog Awareness Week, we’re asking people to take the Hedgehog Pledge!

We’ve chosen seven practical actions that will have a positive impact on hedgehogs and other wildlife – one for each day of Hedgehog Week.
Sign up & take the pledge – pick just one or do one every day of #HedgehogWeek!


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    • Add more Hedgehog Highways!
      13cm x 13cm square gaps in boundary walls and fences ensure hedgehogs can access to vital habitat! Create more – talk to neighbours first! Once made, log them at www.bighedgehogmap.org
    • Create, improve or protect a wild space
      Log piles, leaf heaps and wild edges attract natural food and offer shelter for hedgehogs.
    • Always check for hedgehogs before strimming, mowing or hedge cutting
      Many hedgehogs are harmed or killed by garden machinery every year – simple checks before you start can save lives.
    • Go totally organic in the garden or allotment
      Pesticides and chemicals can harm wildlife and destroy the food chain. Embrace the wild instead!
    • Be net savvy
      Netting can become tangled in hedgehog spines: make sure sports nets are put away and garden netting is raised 30cm off the ground so hedgehogs can safely pass underneath.
    • Provide water for wildlife all year round!
      Make it part of your routine to check, clean & refill water sources for hedgehogs in your garden or outside your workplace. Add a few pebbles so bees and butterflies can perch and safely drink too.
    • Become an NHMP volunteer spotter!
      In partnership with People’s Trust for Endangered Species, BHPS leads the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme, surveying hedgehogs across the UK.
      Help classify images taken on specialist trail cameras from the comfort of home! Visit www.nhmp.co.uk to become a ‘spotter’!