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Dorset Hedgehog Rescue

Dorset Hedgehog Rescue, Registered Charity Number 1186680.

We are a small, registered wildlife charity that works 24/7, 365 days a year to rescue, rehabilitate and release our native wild hedgehogs. We have over ten years of direct experience in helping sick, injured, and orphaned wild hedgehogs in their time of need.

Our rescue is run primarily on the goodwill of donors and is open every day of the year.

Based at Ashley Barn near Briantspuddle, we help sick, injured, and orphaned wild hedgehogs back to full health with the aim of eventually releasing them back to the wild, or appropriate protected sites. The hedgehogs that are in our care come to us because they are poorly, injured, underweight or orphaned.

We can house over 100 hedgehogs at any one time, and we expect to deal with more than 750 hedgehogs per annum.

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This rescue caters for the following species:
Hedgehogs

Many of the species names listed are self-explanatory but some groupings may benefit from some clarification.

  • Birds of Prey & Owls includes species such as Kestrels, Hawks, Falcons etc as well as Owls.
  • Corvids means Crows, Magpies, Jackdaws, Jays, Rooks, Ravens and Choughs.
  • Gamebirds means birds which have been released for shooting (and thus are not strictly speaking UK wildlife). These include Grouse, Pheasants and Partridges.
  • Garden Birds are the little birds you would normally see in a garden such as Thrushes, Tits, Sparrows, Starlings, Woodpeckers etc.
  • Gulls aka Seagulls
  • Invertebrates refers to insects like Butterflies, Moths, Bees, Spiders, Snails etc
  • Marine Mammals refers to mammals which live in the sea such as Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Porpoises etc
  • Migratory Birds covers Swifts, House Martins, Sand Martins and Swallows.
  • Mustelids refers to non-badger mustelids i.e. Stoats, Weasels, Polecats, Otters and Pine Martens.
  • Reptiles and Amphibians includes Lizards, Snakes, Frogs, Toads and Newts.
  • By Seabirds we mean any birds usually resident at sea (except Gulls) e.g. Puffins, Guillemots, Terns, Shags, Cormorants, Gannets etc)
  • Waterfowl (Large) refers to larger inland water birds such as Swans, Geese and Herons.
  • Waterfowl (Small) refers to smaller inland water birds such as Ducks, Coots, Moorhen, Grebes etc.

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Location:
Burleston and Tolpuddle, Dorset

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Phone Number/s:
01929 290112

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Listing was last updated:
2025-11-03
Listing is due for renewal:
2026-05-03

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