To ask you to please help hedgehogs and other wildlife prepare for winter

[Pricklesinperil]

It is literally a lifeline for them as the weather gets warmer.

if you’d like to know about other ways to help, please go to Help hedgehogs

thank you

Note from MNHQ - please do read the Op's latest update (October 2022) before responding.

@Annigolden Haha thanks 😊 Yes!! Not listened to them for a while though.

A bump to top up garden water bowls if the rain hasn’t reached your part of the country yet.

My hog. I thought my husband was eating crisps noisily this week while I was upstairs and him down as we have all the windows open. Turned out to be my spiky little friend in the dry leaves in our flower bed. Worryingly I've seen her out in the day, they were taling about it on the news too. I'm keeping the cat food and water topped up.

@Thismonkeysgonetodevon welcome and thanks for the hedgehog news - it’s fantastic to hear you have lots of hedgehog visitors! Thank you for helping them 🦔

if you haven’t already, please log your hedgehog sightings here Hedgehog Street Big Hedgehog Map. Your data will help Hedgehog Street with their campaign to keep hedgehogs a common and familiar part of British life

Your other wildlife sightings are so interesting, what kinds of bats?

Loving Sir Henry of Hoggerton! @Aposterhasnoname Thank you for posting and sharing that lovely photo of him <detecting a fellow GoT fan from your username>.

If you haven’t already, please log your sighting of Sir Henry here Hedgehog Street Big Hedgehog Map. Your data will really help Hedgehog Street with their campaign to keep hedgehogs a common and familiar part of British life

@ShakespearesSisters <staaaaaaay with meeeeeeeee>!

Thanks for posting, funny that you thought it was your husband munching crisps!

Thank you for caring about hedgehogs. You are right to be concerned about your hedgehog if you’ve seen it during the day. Apologies if you’ve already read this, sharing the advice below from Hedgehog Street

If you spot a hedgehog at night and it looks healthy then the best thing you can do is leave it alone. Hedgehogs are wild animals and so can get very easily stressed by human contact. If the sighting is during the day – it could be a warning sign that all is not well. However, there are some exceptions, nest disturbance, females nest building in preparation for young to be born or feeding while young are asleep being some. Those hedgehogs will generally be moving quickly, appear well and only out for short periods of time. Monitor from a distance to ensure no problems develop and if in doubt call the British Hedgehog Preservation Society on 01584 890 801. However if you find a hedgehog staggering around, lying still (not in a nest), with flies around it or obviously sick or injured be it day or night, it needs urgent help so call the British Hedgehog Preservation Society on 01584 890 801

Sick or injured hedgehog

Also re sharing this video of ten tips for a hedgehog friendly garden

OMG, Sir Henry has a girlfriend 😁

@Pricklesinperil our little hog looks very healthy, much bigger than i was expecting, definitely walks straight and very clever. One morning, 5.30 am ish i could hear the leaves rustle and looked out of the window. He was struggling to get onto our raised flower bed, gave up, wandered off tgen i saw him come into next doors garden and used the little gap between the rence and front wall where the soil creates a ramp. Talking to neighbours we have a few around. One had 3 hoglets under their decking last year and the neighbour doen the road has a couple of hog houses in their front garden.
Off to give him some food in a min.

Sir Henry is obviously a charmer 😀 @Aposterhasnoname what are you going to name his lady?

@ShakespearesSisters that’s brilliant news! In that case, if you haven’t already, please log your hedgehog sighting here! Hedgehog Street Big Hedgehog Map

Wonderful that some neighbours are hedgehog helpers too! Maybe you could all enter this competition? Hedgehog Street- biggest hedgehog street

@Pricklesinperil just fed him, could hear the rustle in the leaves as I snuck away :-)
I haven't logged it, will do it now. An put a post on our street FB group about hedgehog Street.

@Pricklesinperil Thank you for the link and your advice. I have been lurking for a while on here and feeding my hedgehogs for around three years. But continue to learn.

I wonder how many more hedgehogs have been helped as a result of your thread?

I’ve no idea what type of bats they are?!

Brilliant! Thanks for logging your sighting and putting hedgehog street on your street FB 🦔

Welcome @Thismonkeysgonetodevon apologies if I’m posting things that you already knew! Wonderful that you’ve been looking out for hedgehogs for 3 years 🦔 Again, apologies if you’ve already done this, you can register as a hedgehog champion Become a hedgehog champion

@Thismonkeysgonetodevon sorry meant to add this link to hel- identify your bats UK bats

@Pricklesinperil Not at all, I’ve enjoyed reading your updates.

Thank you for the bats link. Our bats are so fast, just a quick flash and they are gone, plus it’s almost dark so I never get a proper look. I think I need some night-time binoculars!

Bumping, although there’s been some rain here on the south coast, it’s still very dry.

Evening bump

Hi @Pricklesinperil and fellow hedgehog helpers.

I am sure they are using the house I have hidden. They certainly love my herb garden…

smallest one I have seen for a while last night.

Gosh, I didn't know there was a hedgehog thread! Lovely to read so many different people with hedgies visiting. I've been feeding hedgies for around 5 or 6 years now, and the most I've seen at the same time is 3. My garden is a good size and has some unkempt areas with plenty of cover. I "catch" them on field camera every night, but here's a couple of pictures taken with the phone. My new dog was fascinated (and acting all silly). Luckily the hedgehogs are quite sanguine about being oggled by a dopey muppet of a canine. According to my video footage no harm comes to either, in fact the prickly ones carry on as normal.

Alan Frew on YouTube makes wonderful videos of the many hogs that live in his garden. He has 4 cameras, I think, and "catches" them getting up to all sorts of things. Well worth a look.

Gorgeous photo @FlappyFish ! Thank you for sharing it and updating us on your hedgehog visitors😀

Impact on wildlife from lack of water

I love that there’s a thread for Hedgies! We have 2, one big, one small and the other day I saw an absolutely huge one casually crossing a busy junction. I got DH to stop the car and I got out and carried him to the hedgerow - it belted off. Not even a grunt of thanks!

our resident 2 come every night but keep pooing everywhere. I’m wondering if anyone has successfully litter trained a hog?!

Welcome @Gorse ! Thank you so much for the lovely photos and telling us about your hedgehog visitor

sounds like you’re a proper hedgehog champion and have a lovely hedgehog friendly garden 🦔

if you haven’t already, please log your hedgehog sighting on Hedgehog Street’s big hedgehog map. All the data really helps them to keep hedgehogs a common and familiar part of British life. Big hedgehog map

also, if you haven’t already, please register to become an official hedgehog champion Become a hedgehog champion

leaving this video for anyone reading who would like a more hedgehog friendly garden