Biodiversity abounds at Oxford Brookes! From installing bee hives and planting wildflowers, to leading bird inventory surveys and evening bat walks, we are busy supporting the wild side of sustainability.
Yet more work is needed to ensure that biological diversity thrives on our campuses. See our Biodiversity Strategy and Biodiversity Action Plan for details.
Over the past two decades hedgehogs have declined by 50% due to litter, traffic and loss of habitat.
Funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, the Hedgehog Friendly Campus (HFC) is a UK-wide award scheme. Over 100 universities are signed up and we are proud to be one of them.
We currently hold a Bronze Award for our Hedgehog Friendly Campus work and we're 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.
We have large green spaces at Oxford Brookes that could provide a fantastic habitat for hedgehogs to live and thrive. The accreditation helps us to work towards improving our spaces for our prickly friends.
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 Oxford Brookes team (registration code:192).
Our wonderful hedgehog ambassador, Caitlin Green, has written about why litter is such an issue and a guide to helping hedgehogs.
If you’d like to ask any questions email hedgehogfriendlycampus@brookes.ac.uk.
If you are unsure, contact:
If the hedgehog looks fine, head over to The Big Hedgehog Map and log your sighting on the Hedgehog Street website.
