Wildlife

Wild Hedgehog Garden Connectivity Campaigns

Garden connectivity through hedgehog highways improves population welfare by enabling movement for foraging and breeding.

Key Facts

A network of gardens connected by 13cm square holes can maintain viable hedgehog territories
Hedgehogs need to travel up to 2km nightly for food during the active season
Solid garden walls and closed-bottom fences create insurmountable barriers
The Hedgehog Street campaign has enrolled hundreds of thousands of households in connectivity creation

Welfare Considerations

Hedgehogs trapped in small isolated gardens cannot meet their nutritional or reproductive needs, experiencing food stress and reduced reproductive success. Simple connectivity interventions enable natural movement patterns and support individual welfare across the landscape.

What You Can Do

Make a hedgehog highway in your garden fence or wall
Register your garden on Hedgehog Street to map local connectivity
Encourage neighbours to create connected hedgehog-friendly gardens