Check for hedgehogs
Please be aware of hedgehogs and other wildlife if you are starting to clear up your garden ready for Spring – we have already had
9 March, 2020
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Please be aware of hedgehogs and other wildlife if you are starting to clear up your garden ready for Spring – we have already had
Another sad case this evening. A lady had noticed a hog that was having difficulty walking, and tried to catch it without luck until this
We had a very busy evening yesterday, some very poorly casualties came in, one of which has died overnight, and we had a search party
It’s still busy – today’s entries; 1 x adult female hedgehog with lightly burnt spikes after escaping from a lit bonfire near West Moors. Fluids
As King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers) said “So it begins…” or, in our case, “so it continues…” Today’s entries
I haven’t had time to collate a post about yesterday’s madness, so I’m not going to do one now, but here are some photos of
One of last nights entries, a little hoglet with a nasty injury to her back end, believed to have been caused by a strimmer, which
Hedgehogs roll up by using their orbicularis muscle, which is something like the drawstring on a duffle bag, and runs all around their ‘skirt’, just below the level of their spikey coat.
Yesterday we received yet another hedgehog with severe strimmer injuries, which included the almost complete removal of his face and the entire nose. He was sadly euthanised due to the severity of his injuries, as hedgehogs cannot find food without their noses.
Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machines in the garden.
Please check grass and hedges thoroughly before using mowers, strimmers, or hedge cutters.