• Daisy Day had some very talented hedgehog sculptors...! #hedgehogrepublic
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    Daisy Day had some very talented hedgehog sculptors...! #hedgehogrepublic
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  • Have you seen this animal? Please get in touch to find out more... hedgehogrepublic.org/get-involved Many thanks to Sarah Dixon for the fantastic poster #hedgehogrepublic #stroud #hedgehog #wildlife 🦔🌿🐝
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    Have you seen this animal? Please get in touch to find out more... hedgehogrepublic.org/get-involved Many thanks to Sarah Dixon for the fantastic poster #hedgehogrepublic #stroud #hedgehog #wildlife 🦔🌿🐝
  • A great photo from Christiane Holland, of a visitor in her garden on Foxmoor Lane earlier this week. If you have any recent hedgehog photos, please send them in to the page as we'd love to see them! #hedgehogrepublic #stroud 🦔🐾🌿
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    A great photo from Christiane Holland, of a visitor in her garden on Foxmoor Lane earlier this week. If you have any recent hedgehog photos, please send them in to the page as we'd love to see them! #hedgehogrepublic #stroud 🦔🐾🌿
  • How can you make your garden hedgehog-friendly? -Hedgehog Highways! -Hedgehogs roam 1-2km per night, so a 13x13cm gap in fences and walls will help them access the spaces they need. -Hedgehogs (as their name suggests) love hedgerows and foliage, so a dark and damp “wild” corner of your garden will make them feel right at home. This also helps to provide for their insectivorous diets. -Check your garden for any netting or litter that hedgehogs could get caught in. -Leave out food for them. Hedgehogs love cat and dog food, and will get thirsty so appreciate a water dish left out for them! -Cut out the pesticides - eating poisoned insects can kill hedgehogs, and most of these products aren’t necessary in a healthy, well-managed garden. -Be extra careful when strimming and lighting bonfires… A hedgehog’s natural camouflage means you might not see them until it’s too late. #hedgehogrepublic #conservation #stroud 🦔🐾🌿
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    How can you make your garden hedgehog-friendly? -Hedgehog Highways! -Hedgehogs roam 1-2km per night, so a 13x13cm gap in fences and walls will help them access the spaces they need. -Hedgehogs (as their name suggests) love hedgerows and foliage, so a dark and damp “wild” corner of your garden will make them feel right at home. This also helps to provide for their insectivorous diets. -Check your garden for any netting or litter that hedgehogs could get caught in. -Leave out food for them. Hedgehogs love cat and dog food, and will get thirsty so appreciate a water dish left out for them! -Cut out the pesticides - eating poisoned insects can kill hedgehogs, and most of these products aren’t necessary in a healthy, well-managed garden. -Be extra careful when strimming and lighting bonfires… A hedgehog’s natural camouflage means you might not see them until it’s too late. #hedgehogrepublic #conservation #stroud 🦔🐾🌿
  • Some fantastic hedgehog-spotting by Tony! These photos were taken on Bowbridge Lane in July 2017. If you have any recent hoggy photos, please send them in to the page as we'd love to post them! #hedgehogrepublic #wildlife #photography 🦔🐾🌿
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    Some fantastic hedgehog-spotting by Tony! These photos were taken on Bowbridge Lane in July 2017. If you have any recent hoggy photos, please send them in to the page as we'd love to post them! #hedgehogrepublic #wildlife #photography 🦔🐾🌿
  • Hedgehogs get their name from hedgerows, where they live, and the “hog” part comes from the grunting and snuffling sounds they make which are similar to that of a pig! However, they used to be called urchins, which is where sea urchins got their name. Hedgehogs are nocturnal, which means they only come out at night, when they can travel up to 2 miles foraging for food. They are mostly insectivorous, but if you find one in your garden they’d love wet or dry cat food and some water. Remember, hedgehogs can’t brush their teeth and are lactose intolerant, so don’t give them milk or anything sugary. #hedgehogrepublic
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    Hedgehogs get their name from hedgerows, where they live, and the “hog” part comes from the grunting and snuffling sounds they make which are similar to that of a pig! However, they used to be called urchins, which is where sea urchins got their name. Hedgehogs are nocturnal, which means they only come out at night, when they can travel up to 2 miles foraging for food. They are mostly insectivorous, but if you find one in your garden they’d love wet or dry cat food and some water. Remember, hedgehogs can’t brush their teeth and are lactose intolerant, so don’t give them milk or anything sugary. #hedgehogrepublic
  • Stroud Valley School and Hedgehog Republic hope to convert their local neighbourhood into a conservation zone for hedgehogs. This means converting 300 gardens (45 acres!) into a hedgehog-friendly environment. This entails the construction of fence gaps, ramps, wilderness areas and a set of tech monitoring stations. The feed stations are a world first, measuring the identity of the hedgehog, weight, temperature, video and sound. All this great information about our garden wildlife will be directly posted to our web app so the community can see what is happening. We start on the 7th June. So we are putting the call out to anyone who lives in this area to see if they would like to be involved?
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    Stroud Valley School and Hedgehog Republic hope to convert their local neighbourhood into a conservation zone for hedgehogs. This means converting 300 gardens (45 acres!) into a hedgehog-friendly environment. This entails the construction of fence gaps, ramps, wilderness areas and a set of tech monitoring stations. The feed stations are a world first, measuring the identity of the hedgehog, weight, temperature, video and sound. All this great information about our garden wildlife will be directly posted to our web app so the community can see what is happening. We start on the 7th June. So we are putting the call out to anyone who lives in this area to see if they would like to be involved?