Marking Progress

• Numbers of Hedgehogs recorded
• Sites where Hedgehog recorded
• Measures to support Hedgehogs

What is being done

• Support for injured and orphaned Hedgehogs and their later release
• ‘Our Hogwatch’ project involving public in Hedgehog recording and surveying. 2014-2017 Penistone Friends of the Earth

Proposed Actions

• Publicity to increase awareness of what public can do for Hedgehog conservation.
• Getting public involved in sending in records of Hedgehog  and doing surveys
• Encouraging provision of Hedgehog friendly environments in gardens, school grounds and other green spaces.
• Promoting habitats for Hedgehogs being included in farmland conservation activities
• Promoting Hedgehog corridors in new developments
• Supporting the rescue of injured and orphaned Hedgehogs for later release.

Hedgehog: Key Objectives

• Raise awareness of the decline of Hedgehogs and the potential for a recovery in their numbers through appropriate action.
• Provide advice to support Hedgehogs, encourage participation in their conservation and enable an increase in their numbers.
• Carry out surveys*, record signs and sightings of Hedgehogs, and submit records to the Barnsley Biological Record Centre.
• Determine Hedgehog populations and distribution across Barnsley, and continue to identify their best habitats.
• Restore, improve, maintain and create suitable Hedgehog habitats.
• Create links and corridors between appropriate sites with a view to reducing the distance between existing populations.
• Support the rescue of injured or orphaned Hedgehogs and their appropriate release.

   * at known established sites and potential new sites

Roles:

Land owners and managers:  follow best practice in managing sites to support and extend existing Hedgehog populations

Wildlife conservation bodies: give advice and provide practical support for habitat management for Hedgehog .

Barnsley Council as planning authority:

• takes into consideration records of Hedgehog presence in the planning process
• sets conditions in relevant planning applications to ensure that relevant habitat features for Hedgehog are maintained and enhanced

Developers

• Include provision for Hedgehogs in landscaping for example Hedgehog corridors

Voluntary groups and volunteers:

• provide records of sightings and signs of Hedgehog
• help with information about the condition of sites that support Hedgehog  
• help with measures to support Hedgehog , eg: habitat management.

Hedgehog Actions