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It takes quite a lot to tempt me outside in December, but once I’m coated, booted and scarved and do get outside, I suddenly realise quite how much there is to do. With my (rather unflattering) beanie hat snugly pulled down, it’s time to work

, except for the fact that it’s a little chilly around my feet as I sit in the office. Time to dust off the thermal socks, I fear.I suppose it’s particularly appropriate that the frost should come on 1 December. If I were more organised, I could tell you

. They are mainly encountered in October and November, but you may occasionally come across one in December and even further into winter or early spring as these tiny hedgehogs struggle to survive.If you spot one out now - during the day or night - it’s almost

packed decorations from the loft in early December, ready to adorn a new tree. Some of those decorations have seen more Christmases than my daughter, and she’s now 18! Every year we try and add one more, and often search for these when away on our summer

little on the heavy side. Sue intends to put him on a strict exercise regime this spring.There were two hedgehogs that ran around their cage, and four underweight siblings who had been brought to Sue in December, having been found wondering around looking