Hedgehogs rescued in 2024: 1,428

So far in 2025: 239

Hedgehogs currently onsite: 31

Movement for Good £1,000 draw

hedgehog grass rescue cornwall newquay

Prickles & Paws Hedgehog Rescue

Rescue - Rehabilitation - Release

Button

HELP BUILD OUR NEW HOGSPITAL

Cornwall needs a bespoke hedgehog hospital or rather ‘hogspital’! With over 1,400 hedgehogs admitted a year the rescue must expand to ensure we never have to turn a hedgehog away.

Donate

The Hogspital

The build is underway! The site has been cleared, water and electric supplies have been brought in and we have completed the piling (foundations). Groundworks are progressing well and work on the building itself will start late May/early June! Learn more about the project and donate here.

Follow our current residents on our Instagram

Huge thanks to Mawgan Gardeners who have renewed their corporate sponsorship of Prickles and Paws for another year! Mawgan Gardeners provide garden maintenance services to both residential and commercial properties in the Newquay, St.Columb Major an
Patsy goes home 🏡🦔🐾 What a recovery journey! On admission Patsy was emaciated, suffering from severe ringworm, she had a high internal parasite burden AND sores on her feet. She may well be our longest ever stay at the rescue as she hibernated fo
Just a couple of days left until @hedgehoghugh is at @newquayuniversitycentre giving a talk: ‘Why did the hedgehog cross the road?’ Hugh is a celebrated author and ecologist who will be talking all about hedgehogs, it will be both funny
⚠️ Hoglet season is here - TAKE CARE ⚠️ Hedgehogs don’t always nest in the most convenient or sensible of places! We have 2 females with young onsite currently who were admitted after nests were disturbed or destroyed. Sunshine and her 5 hogle
💚💛 THANK YOU 💛💚 A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our recent crowdfunder - we have smashed our stretch target and will now be able to ensure an uninterrupted power supply at the Hogspital. This means we will be able to run incubator
Hoglet season is here! 🦔🐾 Introducing Kensa our first orphaned hoglet of the year. She was very dehydrated when she came into us yesterday afternoon but is now bright and starting to self feed! We are still hand feeding regularly throughout the da
We are so excited for our upcoming talk ‘Why did the hedgehog cross the road?’ with hedgehog expert @hedgehoghugh, and there are still a few tickets remaining! If you love hedgehogs you’ll love this funny and enlightening talk which
💦 Help hedgehogs in this hot water 💦 Providing a shallow dish of water in this dry weather can be lifesaving for wildlife. Check out our website for more advice on wildlife gardening and helping hedgehogs: https://www.pricklesandpaws.org/wildli
Here at the rescue we have been blown away at your generosity helping us to fundraise for solar panels for our new Hogspital – we have now reached our main target - THANK YOU! JUST £690 TO REACH OUR STRETCH TARGET! Thanks to extra fundin
What a busy hedgehog week, it was lovely to meet so many of you at the events 🫶 💚 Cinnamon Trust 40th anniversary event 💚 Story time at Newquay Library 💚 St Mawgan Feast Sports cheque presentation 💚 Perranporth Spring into action event 💚 Cl

Latest news

Find out what we’ve been up to at the rescue on our blog!