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The Hibernation post: Bonfire night and pumpkins! – by Charlotte Stevenson-Stoddard

A belated happy halloween! We hope you have all had the spookiest of evenings and have enjoyed all this time in Autumn has to offer. This is a quick message from Horace the Hedgehog to catch you up on where our hedgehogs are this time of year as the dark nights draw in and the […]

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Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge 2023

Litter is one of the main threats to hedgehogs living in urban environments, such as our campus. To help create a safe and welcoming space for them in Salford, we’ve signed up to this year’s Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge! The challenge will take place between 19th September and 30th November 2023. The more litter we pick, […]

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We’re a Gold Accredited Hedgehog Friendly Campus!

Our HFC team has been working hard to achieve Gold accreditation after being awarded Silver in January 2022. By completing a list of 30 actions, we managed to reach this next major milestone. The actions included running hedgehog surveys and awareness campaigns, hosting a Hedgehog Coffee Morning where we raised over £50 for BHPS, working with the local community to litter […]

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The Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge

Litter is one of the main threats to hedgehogs living in urban environments. Unfortunately, many of them die because of it every year. To help create a safe and welcoming space for them on our campus, we’ve signed up to this year’s Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge! About the challenge The challenge takes place between 20th […]

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How littering affects hedgehogs

Happy Hedgehog Awareness Week!  This annual event aims to raise the profile of hedgehogs in the UK and spread awareness of the problems they face, as well as the ways we can help them. Hedgehogs have been listed as vulnerable on the Red List for Britain’s native mammals, which highlights species at risk of extinction […]