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Welcome to The Lilac Grove.. Or ‘Duncan Richardson the man with the Hedgehogs’ :-) The big news is the Hedgehogs are have been on BBC Autumnwatch.

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Hedgehogs Are Returning

Hedgehogs Are Returning After a very slow start to the season the hedgehogs are coming out of hibernation en masse. All have been a good weight so far, but it's been mainly males so [more]

Trials Of A Blackbird

Trials Of A Blackbird Last week a blackbird started to build a lovely nest in the garden, I managed to get a cam on it to watch. Also got some lovely stills. All was looking good, [more]

Baby Mice Have Their First Outing

Baby Mice Have Their First Outing I have suspected for sometime that the wood mice were nesting in the bumblebee box in the insect hotel. I was surprised however to catch the moment when the little ones [more]

They're Back!

They're Back! After a long winter, at 11:21pm on 19/03/2013, a hedgehog finally emerged from its winter slumber and returned to the garden! It's great to have them back [more]

Review Of New Ark Wildlife Hedgehog House

Review Of New Ark Wildlife Hedgehog HouseWith the Hedgehogs about to start emerging the time is right to think about gardening for the wildlife, and an important thing they need is housing! I have been trying out [more]

Hedgehogs And Gardens

Hedgehogs And GardensWhen I did BBC Autumnwatch, they asked my to write a blog post for their website about encouraging Hedgehogs into your garden. As the weather is now getting nicer and the [more]