decline in hedgehogs

[MattF]

Some wildlife seem to have a deathwish. Had a rabbit last year. It was laid stretched out across the road, as if it wanted to be run over. I didn't, btw.

Owls, they think they're invincible. Waiting on hedgerows, & suddenly they'll launch.

 

[Migmac]

Can dogs be powerful enough to open s hedgehog and get at the soft bits?

Ye olde wisdom used to be that (in the UK) only badgers have the unpeeling power required to get inside. Dunno if that's true though.

Get a mental terrier and they’ll open them up.

 

[Morrisman]

Some wildlife seem to have a deathwish. Had a rabbit last year. It was laid stretched out across the road, as if it wanted to be run over. I didn't, btw.

Owls, they think they're invincible. Waiting on hedgerows, & suddenly they'll launch.

I had a squirrel run across in from of me on the M6 a couple of weeks ago. Midday, lots of traffic....I don’t know if the daft little bugger does it regularly or just had a depth wish that day.

And just last week I was out for a walk with a lady friend in her village, we got back to her house and her dads cat was in the middle of the road, rolling back and forth. She was horrified, convinced it had been run over and was in throes of agony..... nah, just a stupid cat having a sunbathe.

 

[winchman]

Can dogs be powerful enough to open s hedgehog and get at the soft bits?

Ye olde wisdom used to be that (in the UK) only badgers have the unpeeling power required to get inside. Dunno if that's true though.

Some terriers are built for it, very strong, massive teeth for a small dog, Dandies are very much a skilled hunter, a wolf in sheep's clothing without a doubt.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Can dogs be powerful enough to open s hedgehog and get at the soft bits?

Ye olde wisdom used to be that (in the UK) only badgers have the unpeeling power required to get inside. Dunno if that's true though.

Tell that to our Westie, he seems to manage

 

[Keith 66]

Havent seen a live hedgehog round here for several years, a few squished ones, hundreds of badgers & foxes though.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Isn't Police advice to never swerve [violently] to avoid an animal? I know with deer, they'll turn to run back the way they came, often right into the path of the 'avoiding' vehicle.

And don't talk about pheasants, the most stupid of all birds which seem to think that being 'bonny' will get them through.

 

[Migmac]

Don’t worry about the first deer, worry about the ones that are following behind. Pheasants have a death wish

 

[Anguz]

No shortage here

 

[JEZGUZ]

Pheasants are not the most stupid bird, that spot is taken by Emu's, totally unpredictable and scared of everything.

 

[Westfield-builder]

Pheasants are not the most stupid bird, that spot is taken by Emu's, totally unpredictable and scared of everything.

Except Micheal Parkinson.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Pheasants are not the most stupid bird, that spot is taken by Emu's, totally unpredictable and scared of everything.

Fortunately,we don’t tend to get too many Emu’s running around here , last one was 4 years ago (genuinely ) although we have had a couple of big pythons found in Cambridgeshire lately

 

[GafferTapeKing]

My neighbour has reduced the amount of gardening he had been doing through mobility issues which has increased the number of Hedgehogs that trigger my garage CCTV.
By gardening I refer to the showering of his garden in slug pellets.

There are a couple of wood piles in corners of the garden which may be where they hide an hibernate, I havent disturbed the piles for a while.

These two were quite excitable and showed no signs of running away.

 

[Anguz]

Been watching the hogs in my garden for the last 2 years.... they never seem to eat slugs, even when they are feeding right next to them.... not sure how much damage slug pellets actually do

 

[500e]

Fortunately,we don’t tend to get too many Emu’s running around here , last one was 4 years ago (genuinely ) although we have had a couple of big pythons found in Cambridgeshire lately

Came across a Wallaby bouncing down the road a few years ago

 

[Seadog]

There's loads of them in Derbyshire.

 

[ronan]

My neighbour has reduced the amount of gardening he had been doing through mobility issues which has increased the number of Hedgehogs that trigger my garage CCTV.
By gardening I refer to the showering of his garden in slug pellets.

There are a couple of wood piles in corners of the garden which may be where they hide an hibernate, I havent disturbed the piles for a while.

These two were quite excitable and showed no signs of running away.
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I think the slug pellets kill the hedgehogs in turn. I wish there was a few hogs around here, we seem to have endless slugs and i hate the things. There were a few around years ago, but haven't seen them in a long time, sadly.

 

[500e]

@Seadog 0400GMT in November was a bit of a surprise

 

[Melvyn Best]

Came across a Wallaby bouncing down the road a few years ago

There was an Emu on the loose back in 2017 around Cambridge, 2 large pythons have been caught in the last couple of years but no one has caught a fen tiger although I believe I have seen one. I did follow a wayward turkey down a country road in the fens a few years ago