Last year the Hedgehog Highways Project of 21st Century Thame spent time building up a community of hedgehog loving residents who pledged to spend time making their own gardens more […]
Hedgehog Highways
Enriching our outdoor spaces for wildlife Weds 27th March Chinnor Village Centre 10.30am to 12noon Windmill Café, Mill Lane 7pm to 9pm
Wonderful to see a healthy hedgehog awake after it’s hibernation in a garden in Thame. A recent survey showed that there has been a 3% increase in hedgehog sightings last […]
Thame now has 128 Hedgehog Street Champions covering 92 Thame streets. Now is the time to start talking to neighbours about getting more access between gardens to allow our hedgehogs […]
A group of members and friends from Racquets Fitness Centre went on a 5 day trip to Turkey to get some winter sun. While they were there they brought back […]
One of our hedgehog project team found this little cutie out and about. Noticing that it was pretty underweight they carefully picked the little hoglet up, placed it in a […]
Making your garden more habitable for wildlife can be fun and doesn’t have to cost you a penny. Why does your garden need a hedgehog feeding station ? Most gardens […]
Last weekend Louisa and I went along to Wild Oxfordshire’s Linking Up for Nature: Hedgerows and Verges Conference. It was a very interesting conference with great talks from passionate people. […]
It was fascinating to be at the Climate Cafe at Cob Cottage Cafe in Chinnor last night. Ali Gordon-Creed told us about how and where bats live and what they […]
It as been such a busy few weeks – here are just 4 of the events that have taken place recently : It has been a pleasure to meet so […]
Hedgehogs need food and the best food for them is bugs. Bugs won’t attract unwanted visitors like rats, cats and foxes but are preferred by hedgehogs. A well-built hotel can […]
For the first time since getting a dog and walking her in the evenings I have stumbled across 3 separate hedgehogs wandering the grass verges of Thame. We’ve had our […]
It is unusual to see a Hedgehog out in the day. It’s usually a sign that they’re unwell. So when we recently saw a Hedgehog out on Lenthall Green, we […]
Recently we delivered a volunteer made hedgehog house made of recycled wood to residents of Onslow Drive on Lea Park in Thame. They made us welcome in their garden and […]
We’d like to thank all our Hedgehog Street Champions for joining our campaign to give hedgehogs more freedom and an easier life throughout the urban area that is Thame. Here […]
21st Century Thame have started the Hedgehog Highways Project to try to make the gardens of Thame the place for hedgehogs to live and thrive. Hedgehogs need space to roam […]
Alarming isn’t it ! Read the full ‘State of Britain’s Hedgehogs 2022’ report : https://peoplestrust.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SoBH-2022-Final.pdf This is why 21st Century Thame started it’s Hedgehog Highways Project. Hedgehogs can thrive in […]
Hedgehogs can travel 2km in a single night as they search for food and shelter, but sadly our garden fences and walls limit their movement. Small 13cm square hedgehog highways through fences […]
We’re very excited to announce B P Collins as the Headline Sponsor of our Hedgehog Highways project. B P Collins is an award-winning law firm in Thame, which is committed […]
Become a Thame Hedgehog Street Champion. Join us to connect all the gardens of Thame and care for the hedgehogs and other wildlife.
The Hedgehog Highways Project team have been out and about this last couple of weekends raising awareness about the plight of our local hedgehogs. We’d really like to thank BP […]