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West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue WELCOME TO WEST MIDLANDS HEDGEHOG RESCUE. PHONE NUMBERS 07837 409533 or 01922419532 (9am to 7pm every day)

HAVE YOU FOUND A HEDGEHOG IN DISTRESS?

CALL US ASAP if you find a sick or injured hedgehog, an orphaned hedgehog or one that is out in the daytime. Hedgehogs DO NOT sunbathe - if you find one out in the daytime it absolutely needs help. Our opening hours are 9am to 7pm every day. PLEASE DO NOT SEND US AN EMAIL OR A SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE OR COMMENT ABOUT A HEDGEHOG THAT NEEDS OUR HELP. MESSAGES ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED BUT PHONES A

RE MONITORED 9AM to 7PM EVERY DAY (out of hours please contact your local 24hr emergency vet). SENDING US A MESSAGE WILL WASTE VITAL TIME IN GETTING HELP TO THE HEDGEHOG(s) YOU HAVE FOUND - messages are intermittently checked by remote volunteers - Calls go straight to our hedgehog carer Joan. ALWAYS CALL US - this is an emergency situation for the hedgehog(s) ���

DONATIONS:

Without donations we couldn’t do what we do! If you can spare anything to help us help hedgehogs - no matter how small - it will be very much appreciated and accepted with immense gratitude. OUR AMAZON WISH LIST IS HERE! : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3I7P8GHW08HA4?ref_=wl_share

We accept cash donations by bank transfer - please get in touch for details. For general questions please email or message using the contact details on our website - please check our FAQ section of our website before sending us a message as you may find the info you are looking for there : www.wmhr.org.uk

The founder of WMHR Joan Lockley has been inundated with urgent calls to rescue and collect injured, dehydrated or small weight hedgehogs who will not survive this year’s hibernation without her assistance. You can help in simple ways.

• Leave water in a low heavy dish in a sheltered spot in your garden and top up daily
• Be a ‘stage’ transporter for injured or hedgehogs
• Join, like and share the page with everyone to highlight the cause
• Donate old hutches, small or large, to us as housing for the casualties to be cared for
• Donate ‘puppy pads’ or human incontinence pads (square padded liners) for hygiene in the pens.
• Become a fosterer until hedgehogs can be released.
• Become a fundraiser for WMHR to help Joan, a pensioner who single handed feeds, collects and cares for hundreds of hedgehogs every year. Donate unwanted (in-date) dried dog food (not fish) or wet cat food to help with feeding the hedgehogs. Amazon wish list

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3I7P8GHW08HA4?ref_=wl_share

The doorbell went tonight and guess who stood there? I hadn’t got a clue who was underneath that beard but he asked me i...
24/12/2025

The doorbell went tonight and guess who stood there? I hadn’t got a clue who was underneath that beard but he asked me if I’d been good, that really stumped me because I didn’t know whether to tell him the truth or not 😇.

24/12/2025

CHRIS IS GOING TO PICK UP THE HEDGEHOG FROM CANNOCK. THANK YOU CHRIS ###

I had some of my biker friends to Nibbles and Wine last night and as you can see, they all enjoyed themselves.I do hope ...
22/12/2025

I had some of my biker friends to Nibbles and Wine last night and as you can see, they all enjoyed themselves.
I do hope that all of you, my followers, have as good a time this Christmas, plus a Peaceful and Healthy 2026. Joan 🦔.

My subtle hints went unheeded so this is what it’s come to, at Christmas time as well 😥.
20/12/2025

My subtle hints went unheeded so this is what it’s come to, at Christmas time as well 😥.

And for the two lovely officers who got chopped off the photograph———-
18/12/2025

And for the two lovely officers who got chopped off the photograph———-

18/12/2025

| Yesterday, the Cannock Police Rural, Wildlife & Heritage Crime Team attended their quarterly partnership meeting with colleagues and partners from around the County, and were thrilled to catch up with the incredible Joan Lockley, founder of West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue. 🦔

Joan is nothing short of a local hero – every year, she takes in between 600 and 800 hedgehogs, giving them the care and support they need to thrive. Her dedication to wildlife is truly inspiring, and we’re proud to share that Joan has recently been awarded the British Empire Medal for her outstanding contribution to animal welfare. 🏅

Thank you, Joan, for everything you do for our prickly friends and for the community! 🤎

To find out more, visit ➡️ West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue

07/12/2025

How do you like my tree folks? It’s a real one, I haven’t had a real one for many years and I thought that I would give it the special treatment by digging out baubles that I’ve had for about 50 years, you know, the pretty glass ones that come in all shapes,colours and sizes.
It’s taken me two days on and off to decorate it but I’m really pleased with the result.
Have I given it all the respect it deserves Ian and Anne-Marie? (My friend Ian grows the Christmas trees) His wife Anne-Marie even transported it to my house in her car, no mean feat I can tell you!.

03/12/2025

Back to Baby, just for a minute. I put another hedgehog’s unfinished food in her cage whilst I cleaned the other hoggie’s cage out and Baby was in there like a shot. It was a case of, “Don’t you want that, if not, I’ll have it” and she did.
You know I was saying about these hand reared hedgehogs becoming tame, well, I picked her up yesterday whilst she was asleep and boy, was she angry. She puffed herself up and hissed at me, her whole body shook with temper, she was still hissing and shaking when I put her down. Of course, this is all a good sign that she will be prepared to defend herself when she is released.
My sweet Baby is not as sweet as I first thought!!!

01/12/2025

Baby came to me as an orphaned hoglet weighing in at just under 100grams. She had a big problem in that she wouldn’t take her milk (NOT cows milk) I tried to feed her with a syringe well into the early hours of the morning. I was just going to give up and leave her to nature and the inevitable, when she took one little drop.
She hasn’t stopped eating since!!
Every time I go up to the Hosprickal, she is out looking for food, and boy does she eat, in fact a whole tin of cat food a night. I don’t know why I call her “Baby” because she is now over 600 grams and very tame, as you can see here, she comes right up to her cage door to have a little chat, then gets on with her favourite pastime, eating!
Understand folks, I don’t make friends with the hedgehogs that come into my care, the idea is to keep them wild with their natural fear of humans, but handling them, as I have done with Baby, for many hours, they do get to know you, but as soon as Baby, and the other hand reared hedgehogs are big enough for release, they are put out and basically just ignored, apart from keeping food and water down until they learn to find food on their own, they are then sent off into the big wild world to fend for themselves.

30/11/2025

Just to say a huge thank you to Nicki and Francesca for not only giving us a bit of excitement when running head to head in the auction for Ann’s painting, but to everyone who took part. All money made from these paintings goes to WMHR to help save our beloved hedgehogs which we are in grave danger of losing as their numbers continue to fall.
I myself have taken in 200 less sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs this year, and apparently so have other rescues, but we must not give up, we must keep trying, I certainly intend to. Joan.

TEN MINUTES TO GO!!! IS IT GOING TO BE—-THREE MINUTES——-TWO MINUTES—-ONE MINUTE——FRANCESCA HAS ANN’S PAINTING. VERY WEL...
29/11/2025

TEN MINUTES TO GO!!! IS IT GOING TO BE—-
THREE MINUTES——-
TWO MINUTES—-
ONE MINUTE——
FRANCESCA HAS ANN’S PAINTING. VERY WELL DONE FRANCESCA 🥂🎂❤️ ###

Not long now, I bet Nicki is a nervous wreck. Isn’t anyone going to pip her to the post? A little warning Nicki, I know ...
29/11/2025

Not long now, I bet Nicki is a nervous wreck. Isn’t anyone going to pip her to the post? A little warning Nicki, I know someone who desperately wanted the last picture and she did put a bid in for this one earlier on.
Nail biting, isn’t it?

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Monday 09:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 19:00
Thursday 09:00 - 19:00
Friday 09:00 - 19:00
Saturday 09:00 - 19:00
Sunday 09:00 - 19:00

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