Fox

[maxtich]

Just 1 fox Friday night ..saw nothing else apart from a couple of little owls and have seen quite a few hedgehogs about..its always nice change as their Not doing too well generally!

Come to think about the Number of Hedgehogs I'm seeing regularly..could it be that as I'm on top of the foxes ..the Hedgehogs are increasing..but there's definitely more Hedgehogs than foxes.
In all my years of night shooting..I've never seen a fox attacking nor killing hedgehogs!
P.S We have No Badgers on this permission that's for sure.

[Brooksy]

We have about four hedgehogs roaming our back garden and a few of the neighbours. I feed and water them every night and I've cut holes in the fences to allow them to roam. They seem to be doing well. Maybe the only safe areas for them now are estates and gardens, away from badgers. However, I don't agree with the fashion for artificial grass, that certainly doesn't help them. It shouldn't be sold in my opinion.

[DB.20]

Sadly, the only hedgehog I've seen for ages was a road casualty and surprisingly, in an urban area. Quite close to a river so maybe it had wandered from the river bank, but unfortunately ended up as Michelin meat.
Used to get quite a few visiting the garden, which backs onto fields and woodland, but not seen any for a few years. Badgers were very prevalent but seem fewer over the past couple of years. Hopefully, this will help the local hedgehog numbers to recover.