Linking your garden to the wider landscape is one of the most important things you can do to help hedgehogs avoid being hit by cars. Hedgehogs travel around one mile each night to find enough food and a mate.
Perhaps you saw Ealing’s hedgehogs featured in BBC Wild London in January 2026. Are you keen to make your garden part of this formidable hedgehog-friendly corridor, but not sure where to start?
You can Make your own hole and map it on the BIG Hedgehog Map, you could find a company which offers fencing with hedgehog highways already installed, or you could talk to your neighbours (become a street hedgehog champion!) and sign up for our free Highways Drilling Service.
Ealing Wildlife Group has created a team of dedicated drillers to turn Ealing’s gardens into a safe and interconnected haven for hedgehogs.
How does this free service work?
Would you like to become part of the Drilling team instead?
We need YOU for our Hedgehog Highway team, and after all Power tools + wildlife conservation = awesome fun!
What will you do?
- Drill special hedgehog-sized holes in fences & barriers
- Create safe wildlife corridors for our spiky friends
- Work in small teams (2-3 people) making a real impact
- Get hands-on training—no experience needed!
When and where?
- Location: Gardens across Ealing
- When: Flexible, arranged directly with the drilling team and local residents—no fixed start or end date
Why join?
- Use power tools for a great cause
- Help hedgehogs travel safely between gardens
- Meet like-minded nature lovers
- Gain valuable conservation experience for your CV
Ready to volunteer? Sign up here
🌿We’re a volunteer-run group and all our events are made possible by members who generously and enthusiastically give their time and expertise.
We believe access to nature should be free for everybody but if you want to support us with these events, you can donate here https://ealingwildlifegroup.com/donate/
Thank you 🌿
Header photo by Hrald, CC BY-SA 3.0
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