The weather has changed quite dramatically over the weekend, it finally feels like spring. Lots of first for the year appearing, butterflies, bees and flowers. Another first spot for the year was the SUN, I had to get my ID … Continue reading
It's been a relatively quiet week here, the rain has continued to fall, but spring is just round the corner. The frogs have been croaking very loudly at night and have started laying some spawn The slightly warmer weather still … Continue reading
The first of the 12 rescued hoglets has woken up from her slumber, Heather is nice and healthy, just quite thirsty and hungry. It's always a relief when they finally wake up, a nerve wracking time! This has put us … Continue reading
The first of my rescued hoglets has woken up from her hibernation this week. The weather has got quite a bit warmer as well, and after seeing reports from around the country, hedgehogs are starting to emerge everywhere. So hogwatch … Continue reading
I’m delighted to say that I’ve been selected to be one of the Local Patch Reporters for the BBC Wildlife magazine. I will be blogging regularly about my patch on here or you can find them, along with all the … Continue reading
Around about last February I received an email from Humble Bee Films, asking if some of my hedgehogs could be filmed for a new series they were working on. They mentioned it was Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, and having seen the … Continue reading
I mentioned a little while ago that the hedgehogs had been filmed, well they are going to be on TV Soon. The new series of David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities starts on 18th February on Watch TV. I believe the hedgehogs … Continue reading
I had an interesting conversation on twitter the other day that has lead to me being in a podcast. I'm talking about my views of science after being involved in a couple of Citizen Science projects. You can listen to … Continue reading
Well, that was a soggy start! Torrential rain all day made all the challenges quite difficult today, so a relatively slow start to the year. But it's a start! The river has been on flood alert all day, so seeing … Continue reading
It's been a busy 2013 with lots of hedgehogs! Currently 12 hoglets are with me over winter for release in the spring. A few other things have become a bit of an obsession this year too, and anyone who follows … Continue reading