Field research
Field research on hedgehogs is mainly done with European hedgehog species, but this is very limited for other hedgehog species. We aim to launch several field research studies on different hedgehog species in Africa, Europe and Asia to hopefully cover all species one day. Within our field research we will focus specifically on studying their behavior and finding differences between the species, to see how different they really are.
Since 2022 we have been doing field research onto the European hedgehog in The Netherlands and we’ll be doing so until the end of 2024. Throughout three seasons of the European hedgehog being awake, we conduct field research by observing their behavior, taking stool and urinal samples, studying their surroundings and weighing and determining their sexes. With this information we get a good view on their health and weight throughout the population of hedgehogs living in The Netherlands.