New guidance on building hedgehogs the perfect home has been published by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), based on last year's Hedgehog Housing Census. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
The number of hedgehogs in rural areas has halved, and in cities fallen by a third. If we ignore the plummeting decline of our much loved native hedgehog we won’t be seeing them in the near future, warns CLIVE HARRIS
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society warn that the impact of environmental change on this generalist species may be indicative of more profound impacts elsewhere in our ecosystems....
A scientist who 'doesn't do dippy nonsense', hedgehog expert Hugh Warwick was moved by one spiny specimen into a new-found appreciation for the natural world