A hedgehog friendly garden

Hedgehogs can enter and leave your garden if you make a 12x12cm hole in the boundary fences dividing gardens.
They prefer gardens with plenty of shrubs and plant matter with which to construct nests. Keep paved areas to a minimum. Leave corners of the garden uncultivated and make compost heaps with garden waste, but watch out when using garden forks!
Check bonfires before lighting! Hedgehogs are very agile and able to crawl under and through spaces of only 5cm!
Your garden pond is potentially dangerous if the sides are steep and slippery. Hedgehogs can swim but need to be able to grip the sides in order to climb out. Make a ladder from wood or attach some chicken wire along the edges of the  pond.
Poisons used to kill slugs and snails in turn poison hedgehogs. Rats and mice dying from poison are also on their menu.
Hedgehogs appreciate extra food especially during autumn and spring. They can lose up to a third of their body weight during hibernation. A plate of cat or dog food and water are always acceptable. Never feed them milk, their systems cannot absorb the lactose content.
Hedgehogs quickly become entangled in nets – watch out that fruit nets don’t quite reach the ground. Inspect tennis courts and football goal nets frequently.
Never be tempted to disturb a nest, hedgehogs quickly become frightened and a mother will abandon or even kill her babies if under threat. Take great care when moving a hedgehog to a ‘safer’ place. You could be separating a mother from her babies