Hedgehog Awareness Week 2026

3rd May 2026

Hedgehog Week

This year Hedgehog Awareness Week runs from Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th May. We have tips, pics and exclusive competitions, so make sure you’re following PTES and BHPS social media!

Take the hedgehog pledge

This Hedgehog Awareness Week, our partners at the British Hedgehog Preservation Society are asking people to take the Hedgehog Pledge!

They’ve chosen seven practical actions that will have a positive impact on hedgehogs and other wildlife; one for each day of Hedgehog Week. Sign up & take the pledge – pick just one or do one every day of #HedgehogWeek!

The pledge

• Add more Hedgehog Highways!
  13cm x 13cm square gaps in boundary walls and fences ensure hedgehogs can access to vital habitat! Create more – talk to neighbours first! Once made, log them HERE.
• Create, improve or protect a wild space
  Log piles, leaf heaps and wild edges attract natural food and offer shelter for hedgehogs.
• Always check for hedgehogs before strimming, mowing or hedge cutting
  Many hedgehogs are harmed or killed by garden machinery every year – simple checks before you start can save lives.
• Go totally organic in the garden or allotment
  Pesticides and chemicals can harm wildlife and destroy the food chain. Embrace the wild instead!
• Be net savvy
  Netting can become tangled in hedgehog spines: make sure sports nets are put away and garden netting is raised 30cm off the ground so hedgehogs can safely pass underneath.
• Provide water for wildlife all year round!
  Make it part of your routine to check, clean & refill water sources for hedgehogs in your garden or outside your workplace. Add a few pebbles so bees and butterflies can perch and safely drink too.
• Become an NHMP volunteer spotter!
  The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme surveys hedgehogs across the UK. Help classify images taken on specialist trail cameras from the comfort of home! Click HERE to become a ‘spotter’!