The recent People’s Trust for Endangered Species/British Hedgehog Preservation Society report on the State of the British Hedgehogs 2022 makes mixed reading. The population and distribution picture for hedgehogs is compiled from a number of different surveys addressing different objectives (e.g. British Trust for Ornithology Garden BirdWatch) – there is no dedicated hedgehog survey or indeed a standard methodology for recording hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs – a worrying future?
