Oakham Home Gardens & Allotment Society
How to build a simple hedgehog house for your garden. This hedgehog house will encourage wildlife into your garden and will help the hedgehogs keep safe in winter. Katie builds this easy DIY house using easy to find objects and tools.
It is estimated that there were over 30 million hedgehogs in the UK in the 1950s. But recent estimates suggest there are less than a million left. That’s such a tragedy, especially given that they’re the gardener’s friend, munching their way through pesky slugs.
You can make your hedgehog home when you like, but putting it in place during spring or summer means it will be ready when they're house-hunting in autumn.
Food and fresh water will encourage hedgehogs to return. Leave out foods like tinned dog or cat food (not fish-based) and crushed dog or cat biscuits. Specialist hedgehog food is also recommended and can be bought from wildlife food suppliers.
Once your hedgehog home is in place, don’t worry if a hedgehog doesn’t move in right away – they are so scarce these days that it may take time. And remember that you won't see any activity between October and March or April, when they’re hibernating.
Please visit: www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk for even more information.
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
Hedgehog House
Dhustone
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 3PL
Tel: 01584 890 801
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk
Latest comments
04.07 | 09:52
not possible to police plots at all times,but be warned,someone has been and picked most of my summer rapsberries.
18.06 | 17:02
Love these beautiful animals
24.09 | 09:31
I'm sorry about this. Unfortunately it is impossible to do anything after the event. If this happens again, please get in touch with me immediately and I will deal with it for you. Penny
22.09 | 20:36
Can you please stop burning stuff my whole house has stunk of smoke for 2 days now its ok for who ever starts the fires then goes home they don't have to put up with the smell