🛠 Toolkit for students

Our guidance for surveying hedgehogs outlines the key survey methods currently used for hedgehog research. We can also point you towards published research which may be relevant for your area of study. We also provide a footprint tunnel guide which will be useful if you are undertaking this method of research.

Recent and ongoing research

Hedgehogs and roads by Lauren Moore, Nottingham Trent University

Urban conservation strategies by Abi Gazzard, University of Reading

• Hedgehog housing census
• Why do hedgehog visit certain gardens?
• The success of Hedgehog Street
• Do hungry hedgehogs hibernate later?

Mapping habitat suitability for hedgehogs by Jessica Turner, Zoological Society of London

Using artificial intelligence to help hedgehogs by Dylan Carbone, Zoological Society of London

Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Aalborg University and the University of Oxford’s WildCRU

• Hedgehog stress, personality and survival rates
• Robotic lawnmowers

Hedgehog detection dog use by Lucy Bearman-Brown, Hartpury University

Special issue of Animals journal focussing on hedgehogs

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