Thanks to the UoN Hedgehog Friendly Campus Group (HFCG) the university has achieved gold as part of the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative. This is a national award designed to protect hedgehogs and their habitats while raising awareness about the decline of one of the nation’s most beloved species.

Hedgehogs are vulnerable to extinction, mostly due to habitat loss. Over the past two years, the HFCG group has been working hard to help by:

• Surveying for hedgehog activity on campus and in the local community
• Installing two hedgehog crossing signs on University Park campus
• Regular campus litter picks
• Running a knowledge sharing event with UoN, Nottingham Trent University and University of Derby.

Find out more about hedgehogs on campus

The work doesn’t stop there with further improvements to hedgehog habitats planned as part of the university’s wider biodiversity work.

Get involved

1. Follow the UoN HFC group on Facebook.
2. Become a Hedgehog Champion to get resources and e-mails. If you decide to register, please forward your confirmation e-mail.
3. Help the British Hedgehog Preservation Society monitor hedgehogs.
4. Help hedgehogs in your garden 
5. Have you seen any hedgehogs (dead or alive!)? Log them on the Big Hedgehog Map. If you see any on campus, also let us know.

If you would like to get involved in the work on campus, please get in touch.

Upcoming events

There will be planned litter picking events on campus throughout October and November as part of the Litter Pick Challenge. To take part, sign up to the Sustainability Newsletter.