A Hedgehog feeding in our garden from last year

I’m very pleased to say the hedgehogs are back. After seeing them around all last summer, in and out of the garden each night snuffling about and grunting at each other.

We had four different ones, one being a large male my husband did not realize they got so big until one night he heard a lot of noise going on outside and went to investigate only to find two hedgehogs one a lot larger than the other, the male must have come around for a mate.

We saw a couple of young ones quite late in the year; I do hope they survived the winter.

With all the flooding we had during the winter I was getting worried they that might have been flooded out during hibernation, but they are back again. So I’m back feeding them every night with hedgehog food I get from our local garden center, I don’t use cat food partly because I know our cats will eat it but they don’t seem to eat the hedgehog food.

I will try and get some more pictures this year.

A Starling feeding on fat balls

It’s nice to see the starlings back, as a child can remember seeking them in flocks flying around and thinking they look like Sholes of fish, which have not seen lately.

One of the many rooks we get in the garden and they do look funny on the feed trying to eat the fat balls or rather destroy them. With them and the squirrels it’s a wonder the bird feeder is still standing, the neighbors get very cross with them but I find them quite fascinating and amusing .

A Jenny Wren

The Wren. 

I love to hear them, such a loud song for such a little bird.

4 of the Robins in our garden this winter

Some of the different robins in our garden over the winter.

There has been at least about 4 or 5 around this winter all getting very territorial with each other.

One looks as if he has ears ?