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Hedgehogs now a rare garden sight as British populations continue to decline

Posted by Landscape Juice on February 6, 2017 at 8:31am

The plight of the hedgehog in Britain appears to be worsening, with a new survey revealing a further decline in garden sightings.

The spiky creature was once a common sight, with the population estimated at 30 million in the 1950s. But that has plummeted to fewer than one million today, with a third of this loss thought to have taken place in the past decade.

The latest survey, conducted with over 2,600 people by BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, found that 51% of people did not see a hedgehog at all in 2016, up from 48% in 2015. Just 12% saw a hedgehog regularly.

The Guardian: Hedgehogs now a rare garden sight as British populations continue to decline

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