Hedgehog Awareness Week

Event notes:

Event details:

• Date: 5th May 2019
• Time: For a week
• Organiser: Tim B
• Contact email: pricklebacks@gmail.com

Hedgehog Awareness Week

Details here:- https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-2019/

For local help and advice on hedgehogs contact Tim B at pricklebacks@gmail.com

Useful information about hedgehogs from Tim:

• The breeding season is April to June and most births occur in June or July although births can occur until autumn
• Hedgehogs will create their own nests in domed piles of leaves, under sheds, in gro-bags etc.
• Hedgehogs are wild animals and not pets. It is illegal to kill or capture a wild hedgehog
• Mothers may be seen during the day, for 10-15 minutes, moving purposefully to collect leaves and moss for bedding
• However other hedgehogs out during the day are usually unwell and will probably need rescuing: contact British Hedgehog Preservation Society on 01584 890801.

 Make your garden a place that hedgehogs can call home.

Attached article is curtesy of Tim B.