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Found a hedgehog
Have you seen a hedgehog in Cumbria?
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.…
What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
Hedgehog Havens Needed Across Cumbria
Hedgehogs will soon be emerging from their annual winter hibernation.
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.
Gardening for hedgehogs
Sadly, I really can't remember the last time I saw a living hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus).
Change what you eat
Wildlife recording: what’s stopping you?
From butterfly surveys to wildflower identification, Cumbria Wildlife Trust is fortunate to have so many volunteers involved in species recording. Debs Muscat from Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre…
Watch what you wash away
Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.