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A Hedgehog in the garden!
This morning when we came down for breakfast and refilled the bird feeders, we were shocked to see a small hedghog eating the bird food. The garden is heavy with snow and everywhere is iced over. Poor little animal! Erica has brought him into my workshop and put him in a box as he is well underweight to survive the winter. Now we are going up town to shop, which will include dog food for our new lodger. Here's hoping we can help him survive to the spring.
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Hope your new lodger is all snugly and warm now.
Thought that might be helpful.
We have undoubtedly saved its life as it is very underweight and needs to feed. It must be a late-born hoglet. Wish it luck. Maybe we can nurse it through the winter and give it a Spring release.
Hopefully you will post some photos of it scurrying into the wild :)
I bet you will miss it when it goes though.
I've finally found how I can stop the pigeons taking the bird food I put out for the blackbirds. I bought a mix that is especially for blackbirds and thrushes- soft-billed birds (apparently) and the pigeons haven't touched it. :)
we have so many badgers here that hedgehogs don't stand an earthly and I've not seen one in many years.
How do you sex a hedgehog? Very carefully. :)
Betsie, you are lucky having Redwings in your garden. We used to see them every cold spell when our neighbour had a large Holly tree full of berries.They would start at the top and strip it of berries. Unfortunately when our nieghbour died, they pulled down his bungalow and built some flats. Most of the trees were destroyed by the developers. I say most of the trees; we had a word with the builders and managed to salvage three mature fruit trees. We have a Bramley apple tree, a plum tree and a cherry tree from them. Luckily they all survive being dug up and transferred over the wall to us.
Cleaning up after it must take a shovel!