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I use medium sized plastic storage boxes with a large section of one side cut out, honeybunny, I turn them upside down and hide them at the back of the borders. I know from experience that the Hedgehogs also like using my Compost Heap to hibernate during the Winter by digging a tunnel into the base where the soft black stuff is and then making a chamber to snuggle down in. That's why I always leave disturbing the Compost Heap until around May.

 

Hi Jenny, well, I wouldn't even think of keeping them in the garden if I thought there wasn't enough natural food in the garden to keep them happy. I also supplement their food with Dog food laid on a saucer on the patio at night time, but otherwise I leave them to their own devices. I couldn't resist having the third Hedgehog as it was only a couple of days before that I saw 2 dead Hedgehogs lying beside the road on the A56 and this one was walking across the road without a care in the world oblivious to any dangers.

 

Now since you know the type of work I do you know there's no chance of that!!

 

Agreed

Extra hours is something I do not want, "M" Besides I'm on contract with a bonus if all goes well so any extra hours I do I won't get paid any more for. I need my spare time to fish, try to keep the garden running, do a bit of photography and, of course spend some time on GC.
I did manage to see all three Hedgehogs yesterday by chance when sitting by the pond in the early evening after visiting the RSPB Nature Reserve at Conway. One was drinking at the shallow end of the pond and the other two were trotting down the central path, it must be all this talking about them making them come out into the open Anyway, I've found time to experiment with the camera and taking some more macro pics with reasonable success. If we get the patter of tiny feet next year I'll let everyone know.

 

Imagine meeting him during a stroll through the Woods in the UK

 

They certainly are due a lot of respect if you meet one, Hydro!!!! I guess they're more at home in the Wilds than Humans are, even if they do seem a bit awkward in movement, and haven't survived for thousands of years without being a survivor!!