Hogs
Camp Bestival
This afternoon we had a call from the Estate Office at Lulworth Estate Castle regarding a hedgehog nest that had been discovered in a precarious place in the open courtyard
17 July, 2025
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This afternoon we had a call from the Estate Office at Lulworth Estate Castle regarding a hedgehog nest that had been discovered in a precarious place in the open courtyard
This afternoon we were given some training by vet Tamzin from Lynwood Vets on using our new ultrasound scanning machine. The training was arranged by Jim for senior staff at
We currently have 124 hedgehogs in our care of which 78 are orphan hoglets – this does not include hoglets that are with their mums. We have 15 incubator units
Celeste has gone from 22g and being hand fed to 201g and eating ‘proper’ food now. Hopefully it won’t be much longer until she’s big enough for release.
Another 5 in so far today including this 140g female hoglet with a large wound on her back that was absolutely full of maggots. The maggots have all been removed,
This little 71g female hoglet was brought to us late afternoon after being seen out and about without mum for a couple of days. After a nice couple of hours
The arrival of this 95g male hoglet this evening brings us to 107 hedgehogs in care, over 50 of them being hoglets. Things are a bit hectic at the moment
I would like to thank all our volunteers and extra helpers who made our open day a spectacular success. From controlling the traffic in and out of the car park,
Well, where do I start. What an absolutely spectacular attendance we had at our grand opening today. We underestimated by a long long way the number of people that would