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marigold
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hardworkinghippy
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marigold
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spanky
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treaclepuss
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Penny Outskirts
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alisjs
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James
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 2866 Location: York
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Marigold- best of luck encouraging your visitor to stay. It does happen.
Last year, we had an adult that came to visit our garden, he or she would turn up at the same time every night, and have a really good scrummage through the greenhouse, the veg patch and even the garden shed before heading on to our neighbours.
This year, we have a little family. In August we saw an adult and one child. The child scurried over towards the vegetable plot, while the mum/ dad hunted for worms and slugs under the apple trees. The adult got a mouthful of stuff and headed back into a big pile of brash, lots of rustling, then came straight back out to continue feeding. So she may have had another young still in the nest.
There’s something lovely about them and I’d hate anything to happen to them. We’re in the centre of York and close to busy roads, so I do worry about them.
The pile of brash is getting HUGE, and is going to need reducing in size this autumn.
So I’ve talked to The British hedgehog reservation society (https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/) about the best time of year to make changes to the garden, and how to do it. They’re very helpful.
I’m going to make a hedgehog house as recommended on this website, and leave it in place through late September and a few weeks of October, before moving the brash.
October is the important month for hedgehogs- they’ve finished bringing up their young, and the adults and young are all now hurrying to find somewere to hibernate. If you build a hedgehog house now, you’re in with a good chance of sharing your garden this winter and next summer. |
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Penny Outskirts
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marigold
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 12458 Location: West Sussex
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Penny Outskirts
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marigold
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Bodger
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