To mark Hedgehog Awareness Week (1st to 7th May), Hedgehog Friendly Portland is hosting ‘The Hedgehog Predicament’, an illustrated talk by the well-known wildlife photographer, Colin Varndell. Featuring wonderful images of hedgehogs, their lives and the hazards theyface, Colin explains why these iconic creatures are now on the IUCN’s Red List as ‘vulnerable to extinction’, and what we can do to help them.
A recently published study, The State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022, reports that hog populations in towns and villages have stabilised and may even be increasing slightly, but that populations in the countryside have continued to decrease sharply. This shows that what we do in our gardens and public green spaces to help hedgehogs really does make a difference: Creating hedgehog highways between gardens, leaving some areas untamed for foraging and nesting, offering water and supplementary food, checking carefully before strimming or mowing, and using wildlife friendly pest control.
Find out more at the talk on Friday 29th April at Peter Trim Hall, St George’s Centre, Reforne, Portland. Doors open
6.30pm, for 7pm start. Admission £3 on the door
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