GARDEN WILDLIFE
by Alex White
PART EIGHTEEN – HEDGEHOGS
Over the past week, I have had my trail cameras out in the front garden in the hope to capture our local vixen or even a badger. However, the cameras picked up something out of the ordinary, a hedgehog!
The last time we saw a hedgehog in our garden was back in 2016, which can be seen here: https://appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/hedgehog/
The timing of this hedgehogs appearance couldn’t be timed better as it’s Hedgehog awareness week
- Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant
- They have over 5000 spikes
- Hedghogs can live for up to 10 years but the average life spam is 3 years
- A group is called an array
- Hedgehogs can travel up to 2 miles each night
- They typically have 5 young, also known as hoglets
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