Help our Hedgehogs

A hedgehog survey in the Durham area.

Researchers have discovered that hedgehog numbers are declining by approximately a fifth every 5 years, and if that rate of loss continues the hedgehog is threatened with extinction by 2025.

Durham Wildlife Trust wants to Help our Hedgehogs, and to do that we first need to know where they are.

Please keep a look out for hedgehogs as they emerge from hibernation this spring and throughout the summer. We are looking for sightings of all types, from animals seen in back gardens and the countryside to casualties seen on our roads. The information you send will allow us to start to develop a plan to help conserve the hedgehog across Durham.

Please use the survey form to tell us if you have seen a hedgehog - dead or alive!