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European hedgehog
Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…
How to help the humble hedgehog this Hedgehog Awareness Week
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week from 30 April to 6 May! Considered a gardener’s best friend, this is a great time of year to make local hedgehogs feel at home in your green space.
When was the last time you saw a hedgehog?
Hedgehogs as we know them today have lived here for at least half a million years. Now in drastic decline, they’re facing some serious challenges, particularly in rural areas. However, they are…
Mrs Tiggywinkle leads the hedgehog way
I will never forget the first night in my new house seeing a mother hedgehog and her three babies walking across my lawn.
Growth in more ways than one: my experience of Avon Wildlife Trust’s Grow Leader placement
If you visited Avon Wildlife Trust’s six-acre site, Feed Bristol, and stayed for just an hour, you may interpret it as a huge urban food growing site. You wouldn’t be completely wrong. I did the…
How to create a hedgehog hole
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
How to build a hedgehog home
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
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Avon Wildlife Trust looking to assist with community-led wildlife projects in the Somer Valley!
Avon Wildlife Trust’s Nextdoor Nature project is now working in the Somer Valley and we are inviting applications for people to tell us their community-led wildlife project ideas.
Online Courses at Avon Wildlife Trust
Whether you are a beginner seeking to gain knowledge into wildlife or a keen enthusiast hungry for more, Avon Wildlife Trust offers a range of online courses tailored to suit your interest in the…