Hedgehogs continue to disappear from British gardens, wildlife survey shows | Environment | The Guardian
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Gardeners are being urged to do more to help hedgehogs this summer after new figures showed that fewer people than ever are seeing the once-familiar species.
Results from the from the RSPB’s citizen science survey showed that only 25% of people see hedgehogs in their garden at least once a month, around three percentage points less than last year and than in 2014.
The number of people who have never seen a hedgehog in their garden rose again to 24%, up around three percentage points since 2014. A similar survey by BBC Gardeners’ World magazine in February found the number of people who saw hedgehogs in their gardens last year had fallen by 10%.
The rapidly declining UK hedgehog population is estimated to number less than 1 million, down from more than 30 million in the 1950s. One-third of this loss is thought to have taken in the past 10 years. A 2015 report found rural populations had declined by at least a half and urban populations by up to a third since 2000.
Et en France ? Chérché rapidement et pas trouvé d’état des lieux sur la situation des #hérissons. Il y en avait un l’année dernière dans le jardin mais pas vu cette année. Il faut dire que les soirées sont pluvieuses, je n’y reste pas.
