Wild Garden Wildlife Corridor Creation

Garden wildlife corridors connecting fragmented habitats provide welfare benefits to mobile species including hedgehogs, frogs, and small mammals.

Key Facts

Garden fencing fragments urban habitat preventing movement of hedgehogs and amphibians
Hedgehog highways - 13cm holes in garden fences - allow hedgehog movement between properties
Connected garden networks create functional habitat corridors in otherwise impenetrable urban landscapes
Community wildlife corridor projects achieve landscape-scale connectivity through individual garden actions
Connected habitats support higher biodiversity and individual animal welfare through increased territory size

Welfare Considerations

Garden wildlife corridors demonstrate how collective individual action creates welfare benefits at landscape scale. Connecting isolated gardens into functional habitat networks dramatically improves the welfare and survival prospects of urban wildlife.

What You Can Do

Cut a hedgehog highway hole in your garden fence and ask neighbors to do the same
Join local garden wildlife corridor projects coordinating neighborhood connectivity
Create wildlife-friendly planting to link corridor habitats with food and shelter