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Tag Archives: hedgehog
Gardens for wildlife
Here in Britain the gardening season looks good so far. Here’s an article about gardening for bees and other wildlife. Untidy gardeners like me are good gardeners for wildlife. It’s now a year since hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) bred in my … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arthropod, breeding, bumblebee, clover, conservation, ecosystem, Europe, flower, foraging, fruit, garden, gardener, green manure, hedgehog, herb, hibernation, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invertebrate, leaf, mammal, nest, plant_dicot, rat, salad, vegetable, vertebrate, weed, wild bee, wild food, wild pollinator, wildlife
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Big Garden Birdwatch 2014
Originally posted on Green Living London:
Pic: RSPB More than half a million people are expected to be watching their garden birds the weekend (25-26 January), for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. It’s the biggest wildlife survey in the world…
Posted in ecology
Tagged amphibian, bird, birdwatching, conservation, data, frog, garden, hedgehog, mammal, research, vertebrate, wildlife
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Hedgehog is preferred UK natural emblem
Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
From the Guardian : It is a prickly character with a voracious appetite, a passion for gardens and a noisy sex life, and now the hedgehog has been chosen as the best natural emblem for…
Posted in ecology
Tagged art, breeding, conservation, education, garden, hedgehog, mammal, native species, nest, vertebrate, wildlife
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Hedgehogs
I don’t often write on this blog about what’s happening in my own garden. But I’m making an exception for the pair of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) which have set up home in one of my untidy flowerbeds. Here they are … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged conservation, garden, hedgehog, mammal, native species, vertebrate, wildlife
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We love hedgehogs!
Originally posted on Wood Elf Weekly:
How cute is this little fellow? Photo from the Guardian. Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are probably one of the UK’s cutest and most iconic woodland mammals, and often feature in some of our most popular literature…
Posted in ecology
Tagged art, conservation, garden, gastropod, hedgehog, hibernation, invertebrate, mammal, predator, slug, vertebrate
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