{"id":650295,"date":"2026-06-21T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650295\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:54:08","slug":"the-barnes-highway-helping-the-capitals-urban-hedgehogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650295\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barnes highway helping the capital&#8217;s urban hedgehogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A network of hedgehog tunnels and holes in south-west London is playing a part in helping one of Britain&#8217;s most vulnerable animals survive in the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alice Mallorie has spent years adapting her garden in Barnes to make it more accessible to hedgehogs, and these routes form part of a wider community initiative which has become known locally as the hedgehog highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Openings have been created in fences and walls, including a passage drilled through a thick Victorian boundary, allowing the animals to move freely between neighbouring spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mallorie told BBC London: &#8220;I guess in a very low-key way, being able to see any wildlife in your garden is good for the soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Her garden also includes feeding stations designed to support the nocturnal creatures, which are most active after dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;You know, they&#8217;re going down in numbers, so there&#8217;s something about them which is vulnerable and charming,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A network of hedgehog tunnels and holes in south-west London is playing a part in helping one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-650295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}