Living with Birds For Hedgehogs Other Wildlife
For garden hedgehogs
There are around 1.5 million hedgehogs in the UK – a huge decline from their 1950s numbers in the tens of millions.
You can help by offering food to supplement their insect-rich natural diet, alongside a regularly-refreshed supply of drinking water. Providing carefully-designed accommodation will give hedgehogs a safe space to breed, rest and shelter through the seasons.
Vale's™ Hedgehog Food
Made with plenty of meat, Vale’s Hedgehog Food is safe and suitable, with a crunchy texture that’s good for teeth. A few each night will help your night-time visitors without changing the balance of their natural diet.
from £5.99
I Love Hedgehogs™
Nutritious and delicious, this is an ideal complementary food to help hedgehogs thrive. In step with latest research, it has a carefully balanced level between calcium and phosphorus for better bone health.
from £6.99
Premium Hedgehog House
This top-rated, spacious house is hand-made in thick, high-quality timber that offers year-round insulation against extremes of heat and cold.
from £99.00
Your questions answered
Vale's™ Hedgehog Food and I Love Hedgehogs™ are made for hedgehogs. Meaty cat or dog food works too. Never give milk or bread. Always leave a shallow dish of fresh water.
Put it somewhere quiet and sheltered, under shrubs or a hedge, with the entrance facing away from the prevailing wind. Leave it undisturbed, especially during hibernation from about November to March.
Put the Hedgehog Dish inside a feeding station or under a low shelter with an entrance about 13cm wide. Hedgehogs can get in, but cats and foxes can’t.
Make a hole about 13cm square at the bottom of your fence so hedgehogs can travel between gardens.
Wash it every day, throw away uneaten food, and refill the water.