Top 10 Hedgehog Feeding Stations for Your Garden
Hedgehogs are cute garden visitors, but their numbers are going down in the UK. Setting up a feeding station is a great way to help these spiky friends. Let's look...
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This Year's Donation Goes To Hartford Hedgehog Rescue
This year our customer helped raise over £2,000 for animal welfare charities. The rescue that gained the most votes, and has received this year’s donation is Hartford Hedgehog Rescue in...
Clare Stone |
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How To Set Up Your Hedgehog House For Hibernation
Hedgehogs traditionally hibernate in places like mature tree roots, old rabbit holes and the bases of established hedges. There aren’t too many of these habitats to be found in many...
Clare Stone |
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Does Rescuing Hedgehogs Work? Can Released Hogs Survive and Thrive in the Wild?
Thousands of sick, injured and underweight hedgehogs are rescued in the UK every year. Rescue can save a hog from death or suffering. Once nursed back to health, or just...
Clare Stone |
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Drunk Hedgehog: Can Hedgehogs Really Get Squiffy From Eating Fallen Fruit?
Autumn is well and truly with us, the ground is covered with fallen fruit and hedgehogs are eating like crazy to put on enough weight for hibernation. So could that...
Clare Stone |
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How To Help Hedgehogs In Autumn | Preparing for Hibernation
For most of the hedgehogs in our gardens preparing to hibernate is the focus of their activity over the autumn months. Hibernation is a crucial but dangerous part of the...
Clare Stone |
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Hello Dormouse! Meet Britain's Sleepiest Mammal
There are 29 species of dormouse worldwide and 3 present in the UK. But only one, the hazel or common dormouse, is a native species. The Hazel dormouse is an...
Clare Stone |
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Why Are Hedgehogs Important? 6 Good Reasons Why Hedgehogs Are Special
Of course, every creature on the planet is special (yes, even slugs!) and deserves the right to live out its life as nature intended. Hedgehogs are in decline and need...
Clare Stone |
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Hedgehog Running In Circles - Does it Need Help?
Hedgehogs have some strange behaviours, and along with self-anointing running in circles is high on the list. There are a few theories as to why hedgehogs run in circles, though...
Clare Stone |
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Hedgehogs and Dogs | Can Both Be Safe in Your Garden?
We get questions from a lot of people worried about whether their dog might attack hedgehogs in the garden. Others worry about hedgehogs hurting the dog - or passing on...
Clare Stone |
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Hedgehog Spines: Everything you Need To Know About Hedgehogs' Amazing Prickles
Hedgehogs are the UK’s only native species of spiny mammal and their prickles are a unique and formidable defensive mechanism. But there’s more to hedgehog spines than just armour. From...
Clare Stone |
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Do Badgers Eat Hedgehogs? Do They Threaten Hedgehog Survival?
Yes, badgers do eat hedgehogs. Badgers are the hedgehog's main predator in the UK and whilst hedgehog numbers are in drastic decline badger numbers have doubled since the 1980s. Early...
Clare Stone |
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What To Feed Hedgehogs In Your Garden | The Best Foods and What To Avoid
There is a whole range of proprietary hedgehog foods on the market, some rescuers swear by cat food, and you can even find recipes for homemade hedgehog food on the...
Clare Stone |
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When do Hedgehogs Have Babies?
Baby hedgehogs, called Hoglets, are born in the UK in June and July. A second litter may be born in September or October. They are usually 4 or 5 hoglets...
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