Wildlife champion

Why broadcaster and adventurer Ben Fogle is passionate about hedgehogs

The State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2018 showed how urban numbers are down by 30 per cent, rural are down by over 50 per cent, just since the turn of the century. The urban data suggests some levelling off, which is exciting, as it is in this environment that the Hedgehog Street campaign has concentrated its attention. It is now beginning to focus on how best we can encourage farmers to manage their land with hedgehogs in mind.

Hugh Warwick runs HedgeOX in Oxfordshire