Ecomare

You can't mistake hedgehogs with other animals: they have needles on their back. Adult hedgehogs have around 8000 needles. At night, they hunt small animals, from insects to small predators. They also eat eggs, reptiles, fruit and mushrooms. They often make a lot of noise when they eat and you can hear them smacking from far away. During the summer, hedgehogs sleep in protected places during the day. They hibernate in the winter, sleeping day and night. With the exception of Texel and Langeoog, it took a long time before hedgehogs were found on the Wadden Islands. However, slowly but surely they have spread to all of the islands.