Check for uncovered drains – cover them to avoid hedgehogs falling in and getting stuck – (WRAS deals with about 5 cases like this a year).
If you have a pond, construct a chicken wire ramp so that if hedgehogs fall in they can easily climb out – (WRAS has recently dealt with two such incidents in Herstmonceux and Hailsham).
If you have a shed, ensure anti-freeze, or other chemicals and paints are not uncovered and easily accessible.
If you use fruit netting, construct wooden boards around the base to help avoid hedgehogs getting entangled in the netting.
Ensure broken glass, pet food tins and other litter is cleared away to avoid hedgehogs becoming injuried.
Check long grass before strimming to avoid serious injuries to hedgehogs – (A regular cause of serious head injuries which WRAS sees).
Carefully check compost before stabbing into it with a garden fork to ensure hedgehogs and other wildlife are not inside.
If you have a cattle grid on your road, estate or entrance to a farm where you work, make sure there is a ramp so hedgehogs can climb out.
Before lighting a bonfire, move and rebuilt it to ensure no hedgehogs are inside.
Ensure hedgehogs can get in and out of your garden safety, by cutting a hedgehogs size hole in your fence.
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:47 pm
