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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Helena Horton Environment reporter

UK hedgehog sightings on the rise after years of decline, survey finds

A hedgehog walks along autumn leaves.
Hedgehogs have experienced years of decline in British gardens due to habitat loss and fragmentation. Photograph: Tom Marshall/The Wildlife Trusts/PA

Hedgehogs have had some unexpected good news after years of decline in British gardens caused by habitat loss and fragmentation: their numbers may finally be on the way up again.

Readers of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine were asked to chronicle the wildlife in their gardens, and reported that hedgehog sightings were up two percentage points. The magazine’s previous annual survey had them to be declining.

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