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Hedgehog Ecology and Management for Practitioners training course

A unique, one-day course for land managers and consultants to inform greenspace management in the UK to help the hedgehog.

This unique training course provides a professional guide to hedgehog ecology, surveying and mitigation. This page describes what to expect from the course and has feedback from people who have already attended.

Course content

hedgehog tunnel outdoor training session

Talk 1	Ecology and behaviour – an overview of basic biology, ecology, behaviour, disease and rehabilitation
Talk 2	Threats to hedgehogs and the law – urban and rural threats; UK conservation status and decline; UK legislation; the latest survey methods
Outdoor session	To reinforce theory
Talk 3	Land management for hedgehogs – practical advice on management and mitigation

Cost: £50 per person

Why do I need to attend this course?

Hedgehog numbers have declined by a third in the last decade in both rural and urban areas.

20 courses run so far in 8 regions

64% rating course “excellent” & 34% “good”

“I found the course very interesting and useful and will certainly be recommending it to colleagues.” Dr Peter Walker, RSK and Chair of Cotswolds Rivers Trust

This course is aimed at people involved in the management of public spaces or private amenity land. This includes consultants, landscape architects and developers. Immediately recognisable and popular with the public, hedgehogs provide a means to engage people in biodiversity issues and an intelligent focus for satisfying the requirements of the NERC Act. Hedgehogs are also frequently overlooked in ecological impact assessments. Small management changes can dramatically improve areas of land for this UK BAP species, potentially reversing its decline and enriching biodiversity more broadly.

Organisations that have attended	Oxford Brookes University	Wildlife Trust for Cambs, Beds and Notts.
Adonis Ecology	South Glos County Council	Resource and Environmental Consultants Ltd
Westover Landscape	Herefordshire Wildlife Trust	London Underground
Suffolk AONB	Warwickshire Wildlife Trust	ZSL
Suffolk County Council	Oxford Brookes University	Royal Parks
Sinfield Trust	National Trust	Brent
RSPB	Vision Redbridge	Wadhurst Park
Derby County Council	Consultant Ecologist	Mouchel (infrastructure and business services)
ESL (Ecological Services) Ltd	Plincke Landscape Architects	ASW Ecology
Environmental Officer at Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board	Imperial College	Mudchute Park and Farm
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust	The Ecology Consultancy	London Borough of Lewisham
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust	Bromley	Barking and Dagenham
Bracknell Forest County Council	Southwark	Kensington and Chelsea
Oxfordshire County Council	City of London Corporation	Cambridge City Council
BSG Ecology	Enfield	Lambeth
Forest Heath & St Edmundsbury Councils	Environment Trust for Richmond	Forest Heath & St Edmundsbury Councils

This course has been produced in partnership with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and developed with hedgehog experts Dr Pat Morris & Dr Nigel Reeve.

The trainers

We have recently trained up as many hedgehog officers as possible. Unfortunately, we cannot provide training nationwide, but will do the best we can to accommodate your request. Our current trainers are:

Hugh Warwick – Oxfordshire
Emma Pooley – London and home counties
Emily Wilson – London and home counties
Dr Nigel Reeve – London
Tess Pettinger – London
Nicky Simpson – Gloucestershire
Jo Worthy-Jones – Gloucestershire
Ali North – Suffolk
Dr Debbie Wright – Warwickshire
Tara Higgs – Warwickshire
Jess/Yvonne – Surrey

Book your place

“The course on Friday was most excellent, thanks so much! a thoroughly informative day and has motivated us to think about hedgehog surveying the Canterbury area.” Kari Mcsherry, Native Ecology

View our current training course dates and book places here.

This is a rolling programme of dates and locations. Bespoke courses can also be arranged.

Contact hedgehog@ptes.org for any further enquiries.