FARM NEWS 5
• AUG/SEP 2018
HOW TO HELP RURAL HEDGEHOGS:
FREE GUIDE FOR FARMERS
THE State of Britain’s Hedgehogs
2018 report, published earlier
this year, showed that hedge-
hogs in rural areas are in severe
decline with numbers plummet-
ing by half since the millennium.
Now, the two charities behind
this report, the British Hedgehog
Preservation Society (BHPS) and
People’s Trust for Endangered
Species (PTES), have published
an illustrated guide to engage
with the wider farming commu-
nity and landowners, offering
advice on how they can help
hedgehogs and other wildlife to
thrive once again in the country-
side.
The new guide offers clear
and detailed advice for farmers
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and landowners, showing the
different ways that they can
make their land more hedge-
hog-friendly, without compro-
mising their day-to-day work.
The guide includes advice on:
hedgerow management; field
margins; field sizes; ploughing
regimes and the usefulness of
scrub areas – all designed for
farmers, with hedgehogs and
other wildlife in mind.
The guide also contains infor-
mation about the current Coun-
tryside Stewardship schemes
– financial incentives offered
by the UK government (which
will continue to run until 2022
post Brexit) for land managers if
they adopt some of the sug-
gested techniques. There is also
a section on how to survey for
hedgehogs, if they are present.
To obtain a FREE copy of this guide,
you can download a PDF online
at: www.hedgehogstreet.org/
farmersadvice.
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