Worried about a Hedgehog?

If you are ever worried about the health or welfare of a hedgehog, please call the British Hedgehog Preservation Society on 01584 890801 and they will be able to give you advice, and put you in touch with a local rescue centre if necessary.

Category: Hedgehog News

This category is for general Hedgehog related news.


A new batch of hedgehogs will be arriving in Glatton at 11:00 on Saturday 3rd September. Those people who are going to be adopting one will be collecting them from the village hall. If you want to pop along to Read more…


State of Britain’s Hedgehogs report produced by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and People’s Trust for Endangered Species.


4 years on, what a success the Shrepreth/Glatton Parish Council initiative has been.


Lovely to see 2 hedgehogs back in my garden last night.


Although it is the 5th November 2021, I still have active hedgehogs in my garden. So please keep putting food out.


So pleased to see 3 hedgehogs together in my garden last night, although one was not welcomed wholeheartedly by all.


Lovely to see a hedgehog back in my garden last night.


For the first time last night I had no hogs visiting to feed. I suspect this is due to nightly visits from a badger.


This is a video of one of our local hedgehogs anointing, I believe this was taken in June 2019. Self-anointing in animals, sometimes called anointing or anting, is a behaviour whereby an animal smears odoriferous substances over themselves. These substances Read more…


I am putting out much more food than usual at the moment as I appear to have an adult hedgehog with 4 (?) youngsters.  They are putting on weight but I am a bit concerned they may not survive hibernation. Read more…