Did you know that hedgehogs make nests? when they are active in the warmer weather, these can be temporary in tufts of grass and under vegetation like scrub. In winter when they go into hibernation, they build something more substantial.
They gather leaves and take them back to their nesting site, where they they then turn and turn around in the piles, causing the leaves and grasses to laminate together.
From the outside what can look like a loose collection of leaves, become more dense and layered as you travel towards the centre. They can keep adding to the structure from the inside by dragging more leaves in.
Draw - Photograph - Sculpt - Act -Mime etc. and post on all platforms. Please tag @HogFriendly @SHkingstonuni and as many different people as possible - ask them to make their own version and then keep spreading the word. Use #Hedgehoghelpers #KUHoglets #HHfacts on all of your posts so that we can try to find them.
Lets try to take over social media with #Hedgehoghelpers #HHfacts
Things that you can do to help provide homes for hedgehogs
- Keep lots of leaves in an area of your garden hedgehogs and encourage your work places to leave natural areas with lots of leaves for hedgehogs (don't blow them all away).
- If you are doing any tidying up, or building a bonfire, don't forget to be like one of the University of Salfords students and graduates and #LiftLookLight as you watch our for hedgehogs before you light it up.
- And remember hedgehogs always freeze rather then run, so if you are clearing piles of vegetation off a site, don't forget to make sure that you're not throwing away or impaling a hog!
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