Charities explain how a small, shallow water bowl outside your home becomes a crucial lifeline for thirsty hoglets, birds, insects and other visitors. Prolonged hot, dry weather is leaving hedgehogs and other garden visitors dangerously short of safe places to drink. Why hedgehogs need your water bowl this summerBHPS has warned that weeks of high temperatures and drought are putting huge pressure on garden wildlife. How to set up a safe water bowl outside your homeThe ideal water bowl for hedgehogs is low and wide rather than deep, so even the smallest animal can reach it and clamber out if needed. Food, hedgehog highways and other ways to helpAlongside water, the RSPCA recommends suitable food.