After the foxes it is time to say hello to Horace.
As far as we know Horace has been bumbling around our garden (front and back) for the last couple of years.
We first put food down for him in 2021 and set a floured patch to check the tracks and it turned up trumps with sets of very clear little hedgehog pawprints where he (not got around to checking the sex for sure) had gone to the food dish and then to the water dish.
Last year we realised we also had a fox and weren’t sure whether it was eating Horace’s food or not so we placed a couple of extra saucers with a bit of food in them at other parts of the garden.
By this year it became clear that Horace had a complete circuit which included our front garden, under the gate (which had a gap just suitable for a hedgehog where one of the uprights had snapped), stopping at the back door for a feed and a drink then continuing his perambulation along the path to the conservatory door – although he sometimes took a detour down the path to the garage – around the low wall along the front of the conservatory, down on to the paved area in front of the shed and then on the border by the fence (sometimes on the path), behind the rose bower to the garage, then to the gravelled area between the greenhouse and the house, back under the side gate and then up to the front path and out (actually under) the front gate.
It was fun knowing that we were on a hedgehog route and we made sure not to put out the wrong food or drink (hedgehogs are lactose intolerant.
Since we got the trail camera, however, it has been enjoyable to check the stills and videos each morning and see who, or what, has been dining at chez Robin.
I will put some more videos up over the next few weeks.
I would also be interested to hear about any visitors to your gardens.
Robin's Nest 