Hedgehog Sightings
🦔Hedgehog Sightings
Overview of all reported hedgehogs
About this page
This map shows all reported hedgehog sightings. Green markers indicate live hedgehogs, red markers deceased animals, orange markers injured hedgehogs, and yellow markers hedgehogs active during daytime — a possible sign of illness. To protect privacy, all locations are offset by approximately 50 meters. By reporting hedgehog sightings, you help document the distribution and health of the hedgehog population in your area.
Why report hedgehogs?
The hedgehog has been on the red list of threatened species since 2024. Shrinking habitats, tidy gardens devoid of cover and road traffic put pressure on the population – yet reliable data on where hedgehogs still occur is scarce.
Every reported sighting helps document the distribution and condition of the hedgehog population. That is exactly what the hedgehog monitoring is for: all reports from the app are collected on this map and analysed by month and status.
Living, injured and dead hedgehogs
You can report living hedgehogs as well as injured or dead animals – dead finds are valuable for the monitoring too, because they reveal danger hotspots such as busy roads.
The map distinguishes the reports by colour: green markers for living hedgehogs, orange for injured, red for dead animals and yellow for hedgehogs active during the day. To protect privacy, all locations are displayed offset by around 50 metres.
Hedgehogs active by day: a warning sign
Healthy hedgehogs are active at dusk and at night. A hedgehog wandering around during the day, behaving apathetically or staggering is often sick, hypothermic or weakened.
Such animals should be watched and, if in doubt, taken to a hedgehog rescue centre, a vet or a local wildlife rescue. In the app, a hedgehog active during the day can be reported as its own category – it appears on the map as a yellow marker.
How reporting works in the app
Open the report dialog in the app and select the hedgehog as the animal type. Indicate the condition of the animal – for example alive, injured, dead or active during the day – and confirm the report. The location is set via GPS or manually.
The report appears anonymously on this map and feeds into the analysis. If you like, you can receive push notifications about new sightings in your area.
Frequently asked questions about hedgehog sightings
When does a hedgehog need help?
Warning signs are hedgehogs that are active during the day, staggering or apathetic, visibly injured animals, and juveniles that look clearly too small for hibernation in late autumn. If in doubt, contact a hedgehog rescue centre or a vet.
Should I report dead hedgehogs too?
Yes. Dead finds are particularly important for the monitoring because they show where hedgehogs are killed, for example by road traffic. They appear on the map as red markers.
How accurate is the map?
All locations are displayed offset by around 50 metres to protect privacy. This accuracy is sufficient for analysing the distribution.
Why is the hedgehog on the red list?
The hedgehog was added to the red list of threatened species in 2024. Cited reasons include the loss of natural gardens and habitats, the declining supply of insects and losses caused by road traffic.
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Report a hedgehog sighting
With the free Wildtier-Sichtungen app you can report living, injured or dead hedgehogs in seconds and help document the hedgehog population.
