Secondary Use: Hedgehog House Reseach

I looked in many different websites to find ideas of what I needed to make for a hedgehog home. 

Here are screen shots and website addresses that I looked at:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/wildlife-gardening/how-to-make-a-hedgehog-house/145.html

 http://www.hedgehogstreet.org/pages/hedgehog-homes.html

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/makes/bp-hedgehog-hideaway-make

This is the file I based my instructions on in the end:

 http://www.co-operative.coop/GreenSchoolsFiles/Resources/PDFs/habitat-heroes/How_to_make_a_hedgehog_house.pdf

 
Extra Info: 

This is a very simple affair and easy to make. Get a big, thick cardboard box
and cut two side air vents about 15cm by 5cm and an entrance about 15cm in
diameter. Put some torn newspapers inside with clean, dry grass or straw on top
and tuck the box near a hedge, if possible with the entrance facing South. The
top of the box should then be covered with a small piece of plastic sheeting, for
example an “opened up” old carrier bag. Twigs should be put all round to make
a dome and then covered with dry grass and leaves.


When you have made a hedgehog house, place it in a quiet part of your garden,
preferably against a bank, wall or fence and hope that you will have a visit from a
friend seeking a home. Make sure the entrance to the house does not face North
or North East, thus avoiding the cold winter winds. It may then become the winter
home for some lucky hedgehog. If female, she may even have her young in it in
the spring. After winter use, late March/early April, it may need to be cleaned out
and, to some extent fumigated or washed out. To make sure there is nobody in
residence, put a small light obstruction in the entrance to see whether it is pushed
away overnight, if it isn’t this is an indication that the hedgehog may no longer be
in residence (but take care just in case). You can clean the house using an organic
Pyrethrum powder, suitable for caged birds.