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Hedhehog!

I was just trying (unsuccessfully) to take photos of the lightning from my back garden when a hedgehog ran from between my house and the house next door, and down the length of my garden! It's the first live one I've seen for about five years! I've suspected that we've had then in the garden as some of my strawberries were getting chomped by something, and I've seen their telltale tar-like poo once or twice.

I'll start leaving food out for them and try and get a photo although I think I'd be very lucky.

Damian P
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  1. Anonymous2 July 2015 at 16:05

    Great news Damian, have a read http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/gardening/homes_for_mammals/hedgehogs.aspx
    Hedgehogs are in serious decline
    Paul B

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