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Hedgehog climate study

UK wildlife charities have requested the public’s help to see if hedgehogs are being affected by climate change. Numbers of the delightful creatures have plummeted from 30 million in the 1950s to less than 1.5 million in 1995 and the numbers now are thought to be much lower. Changing landscapes have clearly had a huge impact but the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the People’s Trust for Endangered Species want to find out if high temperatures during hibernation and periods of extreme cold are adding to the decline in numbers.  Ideally hedgehogs prefer to hibernate in temperatures just below freezing.  The charities want people to register with the project and map them through February to August and submit their obeservations regularly. 

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Five years ago the hedgehog was voted the favourite UK animal and we share that love. From our perspective, the study’s symbolic given the hedgehog question in our survey. It’s a question that stems from Hertfordshire folk being historically and fondly known as hedgehogs due to their supposed slow and prickly manner. 

We wish the survey every success. Here’s a delightful video of a hedgehog waking up… enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99peshpBzTU&feature=related

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