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The British hedgehog population is in serious trouble - they are now officially an endangered species with some forecasts suggesting that they'll be extinct in this country by 2025 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/jan/17/g2.ruralaffairs.


The Hedgehog Hibernation Survey has just been launched to try to understand the decline, which gives me an excuse to post some appealing hog pics from the BBC to mark the event - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21249195


What ED lacks is hedgehogs, so it's likely that none of us in ED is going to be able to contribute to the survey.


However, here's a link to things we CAN do to help http://www.hedgehogstreet.org/pages/hedgehog-campaign.html and a link to the British Hedgehog Preservation Society Facebook page here - http://www.facebook.com/pages/British-Hedgehog-Preservation-Society/273196350835 (thanks, Sue!)

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To hibernate successfully the next generation of hedgehogs needs to

(a)put on enough weight during the autumn - territory takes in on average 5 gardens, access can be beneath the fence....

(b)have a safe refuge for several months during frosty season. A generous wood pile with spaces full of dry leaves is ideal.


For this reason, plus the fact that dragonflies (and many other invertebrates) need dead wood for part of their life cycle, I was sorry to see someone taking fallen branches for firewood on One Tree Hill last week.

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