Impact

The West European Hedgehog population is in decline in the United Kingdom. Currently, hedgehogs are classified as “Near Threatened” with extinction in Europe by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). To understand the reasons for this decline, we need to identify habitats that sustain healthy hedgehog populations, as well as factors that contribute to declines in hedgehog numbers. This can be done by collecting data of high quality on a national scale. This project will investigate if the citizen science approach can help us to collect this type of data and answer the questions of importance for the conservation of hedgehogs.