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Volunteering day

If you’re on Virgin for your TV and internet, apologies from us if you have a problem today – the local engineers are doing a volunteering day with us today.

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Hogs
Jim

Celeste – update and release

Some of you may remember this litter of 5 newborn hoglets which arrived with us after the death of their mother three days after she gave birth. Their sizes ranged

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Hogs
Jim

Three in 15 minutes

These 3 little females, all under 200g, came in from different places within 15 minutes of each other yesterday evening. All had been found out alone during daytime, looking for

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Hogs
Jim

Saturn, the strimmered hog

This big chap is Saturn who came in 3 weeks ago having been badly strimmed. His wounds are healing but he still has quite a way to go. It will

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Hogs
Jim

Female hoglet

This little 49g female hoglet is one of the 5 hedgehogs that arrived here this morning. She was dehydrated and had flystrike with newly hatched maggots. Most of them had

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Jim

Go WILD for hedgehogs

One of the most effective ways to help hedgehogs is by making your garden a little wilder; simple changes like leaving a corner to grow wild to provide natural, vital

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Hogs
Jim

Hoglets and a tortoise

We are getting quite busy now at the barn, with lots of hedgehogs being brought in, mostly hoglets and juveniles that are struggling to find food in this dry weather

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Jim

Strimmer wounds

Today a lady visiting Castle Park, Dorchester found this seriously injured adult male hedgehog. He has been very badly injured by someone using a petrol strimmer nearby without checking in

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Jim

Nest disturbance

These three hoglets arrived at the barn on Sunday morning after an accidental nest disturbance in which the mother ran away. At around a week old their eyes are not

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