Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

23,362Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

125Counties with records

Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan154

Feb267

Mar1,010

Apr2,251

May3,161

Jun2,890

Jul3,285

Aug3,555

Sep2,683

Oct2,070

Nov882

Dec366

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Kent	England	1,084
2	Worcestershire	England	914
3	Highland	Scotland	820
4	Herefordshire, County of	England	684
5	Nottinghamshire	England	647
6	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	518
7	Sefton	England	426
8	Surrey	England	421
9	Cumbria	England	413
10	Cambridgeshire	England	405
11	Cornwall	England	397
12	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	319
13	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	292
14	Stockport	England	291
15	Somerset	England	289

16,810 England3,526 Scotland789 Wales1,027 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 23,362
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 125
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
Scientific name: Erinaceus europaeus
Also known as: West European hedgehog
Group: Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 21,119
Most recorded in: Kent, Worcestershire, Highland, Herefordshire, County of, Nottinghamshire, Argyll and Bute, Sefton, Surrey, Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Ards and North Down +42
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Erinaceomorpha
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Erinaceus
Name with authority: Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 41