REDDITCH’S small, spikey residents are being placed in the limelight as the first-ever ‘Hedgehog Housing Census’ has been launched.
The nationwide campaign set up by charities People’s Trust for Endangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society is aiming to help combat the ongoing decline in hedgehog numbers.
This new census aims find out how hedgehogs live and how they use artificial hedgehog houses, which, until now, have not been studied.
Between now and October 31, the survey in partnership with the University of Reading and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust will dig a little deeper into the world of hedgehogs, gathering information via an online survey.
The loss of hedgerows and intensive farming in rural areas, along with tidy, fenced-in gardens in urban and suburban locations, are just some of the threats contributing to the demise of Britain’s native hedgehog. It is estimated populations have declined by up to a third in urban areas, and by at least half in rural areas since 2000.
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