Britain 's first dedicated hedgehog conservation area launches today . The new £1million project is the largest in Europe and will see hedgehogs protected from predators such as foxes, badgers, wolves and stoats by fencing them off with wire mesh to prevent their Warwickshire Wildlife Trust project includes 220-acre haven for hedgehogs . Prickly mammals ' decline said to be linked to loss of bushes and hedges .
Britain 's first dedicated hedgehog conservation area launches today . Hopes reserve will help slow the species ' dramatic decline in last 20 years . Warwickshire Wildlife Trust project includes 220-acre haven for hedgehogs . Prickly mammals ' decline said to be linked to loss of bushes and hedges .