On the first night I moved into Risdale Road in Ashton Vale I saw a hedgehog -biggest one I ever saw but was killed a few weeks later by a car. I moved to the current address in 2004 and I have posted regularly on the hedgehogs here.
Last year we were down to one hog and no young as in previous years. Every night the camera is out and no sign of a hog anywhere. I asked my neighbours and they have seen none.
The hope is that, after a lot of private building work along the lane which created a rat problem, the hogs have moved on although they had been nesting in my neighbours and my garden away from the work.
The hope is that the less than likeable council "pest controller" who was putting out rodenticide as not the cause of the demise.
While people reporting hedgehogs seems to make people think hedgehogs are back and the population growing that is a false idea. Hedgehogs are still Red Listed and building development ignoring them as well as cars etc has meant their status is not good.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) should alter the status to Critically Endangered (CR)
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