{"id":142685,"date":"2024-02-19T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-hedgehog-sightings-on-the-rise-after-years-of-decline-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:09:12","slug":"uk-hedgehog-sightings-on-the-rise-after-years-of-decline-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-hedgehog-sightings-on-the-rise-after-years-of-decline-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"UK hedgehog sightings on the rise after years of decline, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nGarden sightings of the creatures up two percentage points, according to Gardeners\u2019 World magazine readersHedgehogs have had some unexpected good news after years of decline in British gardens caused by habitat loss and fragmentation: their numbers may finally be ticking back up again.Readers of BBC Gardeners\u2019 World magazine were asked to chronicle the wildlife in their gardens, and reported that hedgehog sightings were up two percentage points. The magazine\u2019s previous annual survey had them to be declining. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/feb\/19\/uk-hedgehog-sightings-on-the-rise-after-years-of-decline-survey-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK hedgehog sightings on the rise after years of decline, survey finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Garden sightings of the creatures up two percentage points, according to Gardeners\u2019 World magazine readersHedgehogs&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-B7n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lack-of-sightings-suggests-further-drop-in-hedgehog-population\/","url_meta":{"origin":142685,"position":0},"title":"Lack of sightings suggests further drop in hedgehog population","date":"February 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Fewer than a third of Britons spotted a hedgehog in their gardens last yearAlmost half of British people have never seen a hedgehog in their garden, according to a survey which suggests a decline in the creatures. 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