A Sunderland firefighter is helping to build a safe haven for hedgehogs at St Mary’s School, Sunderland, as part of an awareness campaign for declining hedgehog populations across the country. Chris Smith, a 36-year-old firefighter from Sunderland is working with ecologists and environmentalists from Friends of Backhouse Park to launch […]
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Going into 2021 for a hedgehog friendly campus
By CHARLOTTE RILEY HAPPY New Year! There is no doubt many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020, but we can’t forget all of the wonderful work we’ve done over the past few months for our spiky friends! Sunderland Hedgehog Friendly Campus was set up […]
A cute creature which needs our help to survive … let alone thrive
By PROF ANGELA SMITH Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at UoS HAVING been brought up on the outskirts of a small town, hedgehogs were very much part of the natural world around us. From the evidence of them in my parents’ garden to the sad but familiar sight […]
Mr and Mrs Tiggywinkle are always welcome on campus!
UNIVERSITY of Sunderland (UoS) student Charlotte Riley is on a mission to make sure her centre of learning is doing its bit to protect the local hedgehog population from extinction. She has linked the UoS with a national scheme aiming to make university campuses a better place for the […]