Wildlife in your Garden

[Sassy Colombian]

My zinnias are getting all sorts of visitors. Even some wanting to eat them up ??




And some that just want to chill



and some that want some nectar

 

[larbert toffee]

Saw a young hedgehog on my front lawn last night, my first in the 21 years I've lived here, hope it will be big enough to survive its hibernation as it was quite small.

 

[larbert toffee]

My zinnias are getting all sorts of visitors. Even some wanting to eat them up ??

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And some that just want to chill

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and some that want some nectar

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Cracking photos Sassy.

 

[Venger]

We have been waiting for weeks to see if Mum would bring any of her babes out. We put the meal worms down as a teaser as Mum seems to love them, but wet food and water is available on tap

 

[COYBL25]

We have been waiting for weeks to see if Mum would bring any of her babes out. We put the meal worms down as a teaser as Mum seems to love them, but wet food and water is available on tap


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Have you got a nice big leaf pile or a nice old shed, with easy access you can put a box in full of straw / leaves etc mate ?

The chances are that if you keep on feeding them, they`ll look to hibernate near the ready made food source, as they fatten up for Winter.

 

[Venger]

We have a

Have you got a nice big leaf pile or a nice old shed, with easy access you can put a box in full of straw / leaves etc mate ?

The chances are that if you keep on feeding them, they`ll look to hibernate near the ready made food source, as they fatten up for Winter.

We built a hedgehog house in the hedges which we think she over wintered in. We are sure she is in there with a couple of babies and takes one of them out each evening to show them the ropes.

We need to tag or paint them to work out how many she actually has!

 

[kev]

We have a

We built a hedgehog house in the hedges which we think she over wintered in. We are sure she is in there with a couple of babies and takes one of them out each evening to show them the ropes.

We need to tag or paint them to work out how many she actually has!

?Could be as many as 6 or 7 ???????

 

[COYBL25]

We have a

We built a hedgehog house in the hedges which we think she over wintered in. We are sure she is in there with a couple of babies and takes one of them out each evening to show them the ropes.

We need to tag or paint them to work out how many she actually has!

I haven’t seen one in the wild for years now, their decline has been a tragedy.

When I first started work in the late 80’s I used to work nights around the Sefton Park area.

There’s be that many hedgehogs crossing the rperimeter road around Sefton Park, that I’d stop several times a night to carry them across the road to the safety of the park

 

[kev]

I haven’t seen one in the wild for years now, their decline has been a tragedy.

When I first started work in the late 80’s I used to work nights around the Sefton Park area.

There’s be that many hedgehogs crossing the rperimeter road around Sefton Park, that I’d stop several times a night to carry them across the road to the safety of the park

Their decline is really shocking.
In the 60s you genuinely couldn't walk a mile without seeing a few Hedgehogs around where I live. I'm lucky if I see one or two a year now.

 

[COYBL25]

Their decline is really shocking.
In the 60s you genuinely couldn't walk a mile without seeing a few Hedgehogs around where I live. I'm lucky if I see one or two a year now.

Slug pellets, the obsession with tidy gardens, plus a massive increase in traffic

 

[kev]

Slug pellets, the obsession with tidy gardens, plus a massive increase in traffic

So what your actually saying here is that @Joey66 is personally responsible for the decline in British Hedgehogs?
Terrible man.

 

[COYBL25]

So what your actually saying here is that @Joey66 is personally responsible for the decline in British Hedgehogs?
Terrible man.

@Joey66 how do you plead sir ?

Hedgehog mass murder, yes or no ?

 

[Joey66]

Slug pellets, the obsession with tidy gardens, plus a massive increase in traffic

Or Ginger runners first thing am ..

 

[Joey66]

@Joey66 how do you plead sir ?

Hedgehog mass murder, yes or no ?

Geese kill hedgehogs.......they are great for the garden eating slugs plus snails etc, never feed them saucers of milk .......Be wary they carry loads of fleas on them ......
Lovely animal .......always looked after them in my garden ....they are carnivores they would not eat slug pellets ......

 

[JimmyJeffers]

So what your actually saying here is that @Joey66 is personally responsible for the decline in British Hedgehogs?
Terrible man.

Sprays them with lighter fuel and sets them on fire to keep his carp cosy