RSPCA staff in Nantwich are experiencing their busiest hedgehog season nationwide for three years, with intake numbers already higher than the whole of 2023.
Nationally, by mid-November well over 2,000 had been taken in this year by the charity’s four wildlife centres.
The RSPCA dealt with 2,691 wildlife incidents in Cheshire last year – with 325 involving hedgehogs.
Now RSPCA Stapeley in Nantwich is bracing itself for a surge in calls as the breeding season starts.
Stapeley RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich has had a record year in hedgehog admissions, with more than 897 being treated at the centre in 2019.
Stapeley Grange on London Road has seen a 47% increase in the number of hedgehogs at the London Road centre since last year.
The number of hedgehogs admitted to an RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich is set to spike at 400, sparking an appeal by staff.
More than 375 of the spiky creatures have came into the care of Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in 2017 – an average of 12 a week.
Youngsters in Nantwich are teaming up to help save the town’s declining hedgehog population.
Pupils at Highfields Community Primary School are doing their bit to reverse the decline.
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