Tonight we teamed up with Emma from the Mitcham Hedgehog Project for a truly insightful mission: setting up tunnels to survey the local area for hedgehogs! After a quick brief, we dove headfirst into preparing the triangular tunnels. Painting each side of the A4 paper inserts with a mix of vegetable oil and charcoal ink was a real ink-genious method!
Then, we hedged our bets across six locations, taking turns to set up the dry cat food bait and securely pin down the tunnels to minimise any movement. It was a unique and un-fur-gettable session helping to protect our prickly friends and we learned a hedge-load about the local hedgehogs and the area! A huge welcome to Rita and congratulations on completing your first GoodGym task, and a big hello to Williams, who joined us from a neighbouring area. Great to have you along and hope to see you again soon.

This evening I headed over to Mitcham Common via bicycle and then on-foot to get a run in and avoid the traffic ahead of helping Emma at the Mitcham Hedgehog Project with some leafletting.

It was a lovely, relaxed session, allowing us to chat all things hedgehogs and volunteering. We covered so much ground, diligently spreading the word and essential tips about hedgehog care that we ran out of leaflets!

A great cause and a lovely walk, we will be back soon with more of the team if Emma and the hedgehogs with have us again!