Sunday, 30 April 2023

Hedgehog Awareness Week

When it was time for a new fence a couple of years ago we decided that we'd have a hedgehog hole put in as part of it. We hadn't had any hogs in the garden for a few years [as far as we knew], but we were in luck and our prickly visitors came and had babies. One called Celia was a late arrival and ended up being cared for by a wildlife hospital and was then released last year into my friend L's wildlife friendly garden in the countryside.

Unfortunately we didn't have a repeat performance last summer. The two things may not have been connected in any way, but our neighbours [who are very pleasant I hasten to add] had blocked up the hole because they had a small puppy...said hound is now fully grown and the hedgehog hole is open once more. I noticed some probable hog poo on our path early last week and when I inspected the back garden more closely it was with delight that I noticed that there were several little black messages left for me advertising our spiny friends' visitations. Since then I've seen it bumbling about on a couple of evenings and having spoken to my friend I'm now leaving fresh water out for it every evening. I have also bought a small packet of this [I chose this one as it doesn't have suet in and despite it making them poorly some hedgehog food brands still have it in]. I shall leave a little out for it a couple of times a week as a top up to its main varied wild diet. 


Now to see if it approves of this new addition to its food supply🦔😀 Coincidentally it's hedgehog awareness week and there's more info here for those who may want more details https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-30th-april-6th-may-2023/#:~:text=Hedgehog%20Awareness%20Week%20is%20organised,how%20you%20can%20help%20them.

Arilx


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2 comments:

  1. Tigger's Mum30 April 2023 at 20:48

    Congratulations and give them lots of encouragement from us. There were loads of hedgehogs in our garden when we moved here (despite our solid fences - maybe they came under the gate) but they seem to have disappeared from the entire neighbourhood. We dont see any evidence of them at the allotments either. We had well used hedgehogs houses in our yard until they just didn't come back one year and have never seen them since.

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    1. Aril3 May 2023 at 16:38

      Sometimes it's a case of leaving out fresh water and a little food to encourage them. We garden organically and have tried to increase the insects in our garden. I was worried about rats, but it seems that little wildlife is tempted by the hedgehog kibble bar the hedgehogs themselves. Arilx

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