Hedge Hub Resources

Best hedges for wildlife

Advice on managing garden hedges for wildlife

iSpot

Share nature

A friendly and free community helping to identify wildlife and share nature

Briefing Sheet: Hedgerows

This briefing sheet explores the importance of hedgerows to the local landscape and wildlife, previous hedgerow losses, and current trends in the UK, along with…

Bats and Hedges

Hedges provide a range of benefits for bats, and can be managed in a way to maximise this value

Dormice and hedges

How to manage your hedges for dormice

Hedgehog and hedges

How to manage your hedges for hedgehogs

Understanding the combined biodiversity benefits of the component features of hedges

This report increases our understanding of how hedges support local biodiversity and highlights the importance of managing all component of a hedge

UK Biodiversity Action Plan

Priority Species linked to hedgerows

This project report identifies 130 priority Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species known to be significantly associated with hedgerows

12 Flagship BAP hedgerow species

12 flagship species requiring particular attention because together their conservation and hedgerow management requirements reflect those of the full range of priority BAP species linked…

Hedgerow management and wildlife

A review of research on the effects of hedgerow management and adjacent land on biodiversity

Comprehensive update of MAFF report 1995 which reviewed the relationship between hedgerow management and wildlife