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Talkback: Hedgehogs in the garden
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Oh, i do wish they did not feel the urge to cross the road. We have lost so many to cars in Bristol. Timely reminder, Kate, to check bonfires before lighting them on Nov. 5th.
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Thanks for highlighing their plight! Alas, I have none to save, but those who do should take note!
Anyone who is interested in these animals can find a vast amount of information about them if they care to do a search but the best thing they can do right now is put out cat biscuits and water to help the hogs fatten up for hibernation.
To encourage them I have banked up soil in front of our hawthorn hedge and then piled logs up at the end, I throw leaves and twigs into the area behind the soil and under the hedge which gives a nice safe area for hedgehogs and other wildlife to overwinter without being disturbed.
http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.com/
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sueA..how can you tell if its hedgehog poo?
kate,im gonna look into becoming a hedgehog champion.[thanks for that].
They have plenty of cover and hedgerows, frogs, toads, snails, slugs.... however next door have a lot of cats do you think they get them?
Sue