My 30 Days Wild #2

Second day of 30 Days Wild, I checked the hedgehog home I built with a couple of friends early last month. The wildlife around the home has really flourished and it looks as though it has been there for years!

Here is how it was made...

With a wooden base, brick walls and a wooden roof, this hog home was sure to be comfortable!
A small corridor on the inside of the home, prevented any wind from chilling the main chamber immediately.

This is me on the other side of that wall, in the main chamber. Quite cosy in here!

Excess pond liner was used to make the whole construction water proof. Bricks held the liner down on one side, and excess turf on the other. Both acting as a double layer of insulation.

On top of the home, we found natural bits and bobs to create a buggy hotel. Or as one of my friends pointed out, a buffet for the hedgehog!
A handy bit of an archway formed segments for different materials. Different materials = different habitats.

Piling large logs on top, covered in fungi and lichen, added more diversity for the wildlife and will hopefully encourage other creatures to use this area dedicated to them.

Excess branches were cut up and stacked up against the turfed wall and as last month went on, more logs were added. Including a large piece of fuschia across the doorway.

A random stray air-brick makes an ideal nest site for a solitary bee and a convenient piece of triangular turf, makes a mini flowering meadow right outside the home.

I hope this inspires you to create a home for Britain's hedgehogs because they have declined 95% since the 1960's. I've done my part, have you?!