Biodiversity

Hedgehog friendly campus

Over the past two decades hedgehogs have declined by 50% due to loss of habitat, litter and traffic. Working with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, the Hedgehog Friendly Campus (HFC) has over 100 universities signed up and we are one of them. The aim is to work towards gaining accreditation for the University and we are always looking for students and staff to join our happy band. The great thing is you don’t need any previous experience or knowledge just a love of hedgehogs.

Here at Brookes we have large green spaces that could provide a fantastic habitat for hedgehogs to live and thrive and the accreditation helps us to work towards improving our spaces for our prickly friends.

So what’s involved:

• Providing safe habitats to live, eat and drink
• Providing hedgehog houses on campus
• Take part in litter picks
• Take part in hedgehog surveys on campus
• Creating awareness via events, social media and promotional materials
• Fundraising activities
• Putting up permissible hedgehog awareness signs
• Ensuring groundsmen and contractors are aware of hedgehogs on campus

What’s in it for you:

• Increased knowledge about hedgehogs
• Volunteer as and when you can 
• Certification of your involvement
• A reference for your CV
• Satisfaction that you are helping a species that needs your help.

So if you have a passion for hedgehogs and would like to get involved we would love to have you in the group.  You can register on the Hedgehog Friendly Campus website as members of the Brookes team (registration code:192).

If you’d like to ask any questions email hedgehogfriendlycampus@brookes.ac.uk or 

Our wonderful hedgehog ambassador, Caitlin Green, has written this blog to explain why litter is such an issue and a guide to support hedgehogs at home. 

Found a hedgehog that needs help:

Information can be found here to determine if a hedgehog needs assistance.

If you are unsure contact: 

• Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, Haddenham, HP17 8AF 
• Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue, Blewbury, OX11 9HW

• Little Foxes, Great Haseley, OX44 7JS

Seen a hedgehog that looks fine:

Head over to The Big Hedgehog Map and log your sighting on the Hedgehog Street website.