Hedgehog Society
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British Hedgehog Preservation Society (Charity) IF YOU HAVE A HEDGEHOG IN NEED OF HELP PLEASE ALWAYS CALL US ON 01584 890 801 - X IS NOT CONSTANTLY MONITORED.
Joined October 2009
Have you found a #hedgehog you're worried about?. Follow these simple steps 👇.. & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible. 📞🦔🩹. Don't delay - you can make all the difference! #MondayMotivation
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🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 Let's make this viral - hedgehogs are dying of dehydration - please please share this post and offer some shallow bowls of water for wildlife (pop a few pebbles in to make sure insects that fall in can escape) 🦔 💧. 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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With the temperature set to soar across the UK we are asking you all to offer some shallow bowls of water for hedgehogs and other wildlife - pop in a few pebbles to ensure insects can escape. Please share! . 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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We are delighted to announce that @DrAmirKhanGP is our lovely new patron! We look forward to working with him and our other patrons to help spread the hedgehoggy word! .
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With potential #heatwaveuk please ensure there is plenty of water available for thirsty hedgehogs (video credit Paul Bunyard). Please share.
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It’s a scorcher out there! ☀️ Please remember to offer shallow bowls of water for thirsty hedgehogs this evening 🦔 💧 .🎥 Paul Bunyard
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A #hedgehog out in daylight usually means something is wrong - but not in this case!. This busy female 'hog is gathering nesting materials ready for the arrival of her hoglets!. If you see a busy, healthy 'hog like this, let them go about their business in peace🦔. 📹J.Wildwood
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It's especially important to offer shallow bowls of clean water for thirsty hedgehogs in this dry weather! Please spread the word by sharing this post! 🦔 💧. 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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Believe it or not, this #BankHoliday weekend is supposed to be a warm one! Please remember to offer shallow bowls of water for thirsty hedgehogs, like the one in this video from Paul Bunyard.
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With a warm bank holiday forecast, please offer some shallow bowls of water for thirsty hedgehogs, we love this video by Paul Bunyard!
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Happy birthday to us! 🥳 🎂 We are 39 today! .Only one year to go till we the big 4 - 0!.To celebrate we are offering this pair of hedgehoggy mugs to one winner chosen at random! Just like this post, and we will pick a winner from there after 6pm - good luck!
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We know it's #fathersday2020 but here's a single Mum working hard to relocate her babies to a new nest! 🎥 Janet Hughes. If you have footage of hedgehogs in your garden, please upload it to our Hedgehogs After Dark project with @PTES (see .
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Please place shallow bowls of water out for thirsty hedgehogs in this warm weather! . 🎥: Paul Bunyard
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Please remember water for wildlife, it’s going to be a scorcher! ☀️ 🦔 . 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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Please remember to offer shallow bowls of life saving water for hedgehogs in the heatwave. Also please do share this post to remind your friends and family to do the same. 📸 Michael Partridge 🌞☀️🦔💧
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We’re really looking forward to partnering with @Sonic_Hedgehog and @SEGA for a day of fun, educational, hedgehog-themed activities for the whole family! Come join us at Camley Street Natural Park in London on the 27 October!
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THIRST AID! Warm again here - please leave out shallow bowls of water for hogs and R/T to remind people to do the same. Video Paul Bunyard.
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It's #gardenwildlifeweek! One thing you can do in garden to help hedgehogs, especially during the heatwave, is to provide lovely cool drinks of water for them in shallow bowls. 🎥 Paul Bunyard.
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We’re incredibly saddened to learn that our much loved patron John Challis @BeingBoycie has passed away. John was a dedicated supporter of BHPS & loved hedgehogs. We feel a great sense of loss & we will miss him very much. Our thoughts & condolences are with his family & friends.
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We are beyond thrilled to announce our latest patron is the lovely @MeganMcCubbin!. Known best perhaps from the Spring, Autumn and Winter Watches, Megan is a passionate zoologist who is extremely concerned about the decline of hedgehog populations. Welcome to the team Megan x
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Beautiful video of busy dedicated Mummy hedgehog carrying her (big) baby to a new nest site (all is well). Thanks to Steve Sinnott for this lovely footage and permission to share it!
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Can all of our 40k followers R/T this at least once please? Imagine how many hedgehogs could potentially be saved #rememberhedgehogs
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Hands up who takes time to leave some clean water out in shallow bowls for hedgehogs in this warm weather 🦔 🌞 💧 👋.
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Metaldehyde slug pellets sales are banned after today! If you see any store selling them please remind them of their legal obligation to remove them from sale immediately. Gardeners stockpiles to be used by spring 2020 then total ban in place.
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If you want to help the #hedgehogs living in your garden, make sure they have access to clean, unfrozen water!.🦔 💧 💚 .Add shallow dishes of water to your garden all year round, with a few pebbles so insects and small birds can safely perch to have a drink too!. 📹 Paul Bunyard
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Hedgehogs are coming into rescues very dehydrated, not much water for them out there so please offer shallow bowl full. Video:Paul Bunyard
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We’re delighted to announce the winner of our kids’ competition to design a wintery card celebrating #hedgehogs! . Congratulations to Josie G, age 14 – who designed this amazing festive #hedgehog scene!. Huge thanks to everyone who entered – we loved seeing your designs!
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We are currently living through a mass species extinction event, the largest ever known. We don't want to lose our wild, native UK #hedgehogs🦔. This #EarthDay2025, see what small actions you can take to make a difference to #wildlife. 📷 Emily Clark
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Please spread far and wide to try to combat misinformation in press recently!
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It's #WildlifeWednesday so we're reminding you to offer vital #waterforwildlife all year round!.🦔🌳🐝. Place shallow dishes of fresh water with a few pebbles in it for insects to perch on around gardens & green spaces - it makes a real difference to #wildlife!. 📹 Paul Bunyard
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British hedgehog now officially classified as vulnerable to extinction
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We can't keep it under wraps any longer! . We're so excited to share our beautiful new logo with you all! .It's been kindly designed and donated by @TFIUnmown . 🦔. Please help spread the #hedgehog word by sharing it far and wide! .#newlogo #rebrand #BHPS
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Great news for hedgehogs that Metaldehyde is to be banned.
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Please remember to leave clean shallow bowls of fresh water out at night for hedgehogs during this warm weather 💧🦔. 📸 Michael Partridge
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We want this to go viral! Please retweet, ask friends to retweet, post it on walls of Twitter community groups you are in, tweet it to your MP, Council, Workplace, School, etc, etc. Send it to your favourite Twitter celebrity! Let's get message out there #rememberhedgehogs!
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It's vital to provide #waterforwildlife all year round - especially in warm weather when water can be scarce. 🌡️🦔. Offer shallow dishes of fresh water & a few pebbles so #hedgehogs & other #wildlife can all safely drink💧. A lifeline for a thirsty #hedgehog!. 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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We’ve got an amazing #hedgehogweek giveaway! .🦔 .From jewellery, gin & ceramics, to toys, accessories & socks!. To be in with a chance of winning a selection, like & share this post, follow BHPS & tag a friend who ❤️ #hedgehogs. We’ll pick a random winner at the end of the week
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🎉 It's our BIRTHDAY!! 🎉. That's 43 years of helping wild #hedgehogs native to the UK! 🦔 .To celebrate, we have a fabulous Wrendale giveaway! .📍UK only. 🔎TO ENTER .1. Like this post.2. Comment a birthday greeting🎂. Closes midnight 30 April. Winners contacted by us on May 1.
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A #hedgehog out in the day often means something's wrong - but not here! If you see a busy, healthy-looking 'hog like this female gathering nesting material ready for the arrival of her hoglets, let them be 🦔. To help, offer meaty pet food & fresh water💧. Thanks Mark McCann 🎥
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Sorry for horrible pic, but really want to hammer home #bonfirenight message. PLEASE check your bonfires carefully before lighting and light from only one side to provide escape route. Better still don't have a bonfire. Pic Copyright Keith Jones. #rememberhedgehogs
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We are 40 years old today! We caught up with the rather splendid @stephenfry! #BHPSis40! #hedgehogweek begins tomorrow!
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Hedgehogs and other wildlife will be so thirsty in this hot weather! Please make sure you provide shallow dishes of fresh water for them to drink!.🌞🦔🥤.Why not add a few pebbles to the dish so bees, butterflies & other insects can safely take a drink too? 🦋🐝🐞. 📽️Paul Bunyard
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If you're planning to have a #bonfire this weekend, #rememberhedgehogs & only build the fire on the day it's to be lit!.🦔.Always check for children, hedgehogs & other animals, inc pets, before lighting. ❗Share to save the lives of #hedgehogs & other wildlife. 📷 C.Barley
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Do you think #Hedgehog Highways should be compulsory?.🦔 .This petition from @hedgehoghugh aims to ensure every new housing development builds 13cm square holes in the bottom of fences to allow #hedgehogs to move between gardens to find food & a mate!.
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👉 Please R/T this advice to counteract all the well meaning posts asking you to leave out pumpkins for wildlife. Keep them high to ensure hedgehogs don't have access. 🦔 🎃 ❌. Our thanks to the talented Ann Ross for this design 😀
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We are 40 years old today! Please share our hoggy birthday wishes for helping hedgehogs! #BHPSis40! #hedgehogweek begins tomorrow!
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1/3 Yesterday we were made aware of an awful website - please see ITV article It's still not 100% clear if it's a scam, a hacked site or genuine but we are doing all we can to find out and get this taken down.
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We are truly saddened to hear that our lovely Patron, Sir Ken Dodd OBE, has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. A true legend and a true gentleman, he will be missed.
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Hedgehog SOS - please share! Getting this information spread far and wide will save hedgehog lives.
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It's #WorldAnimalDay - and our brilliant patron @DrAmirKhanGP is celebrating #hedgehogs!!.🦔🦔🦔 . 👀 Watch to find out his favourite #hedgehog fact! 👇
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The phones are ringing off the hook with people finding small hedgehogs out in the daylight these last few weeks - without help these hogs won't survive so please do act quickly if you see one.
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During this glorious weather please remember to offer extra bowls of fresh water for hedgehogs. It's pretty dry out there! ☀️💧🦔
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Please #RemeberHedgehogs & #ShareToMakeAware. Huge thanks to @DrAmirKhanGP - one of our brilliant BHPS patrons - for helping us spread the word!. #ShareSunday #SundayShare🦔 🚫 🔥
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PLEASE please R/T this to combat bad advice on internet that appears to be going viral and will result in healthy hedgehogs being 'rescued' :-(
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A member of staff got this for the hedgehogs in her garden today from Home Bargains for just £2.99! Thought it might be useful to share.
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With wall to wall sunshine and more to come it's especially important to remember to leave out water for wildlife, it can literally save lives in this hot dry weather. Pop a few pebbles in to allow insects to escape should they fall in. 📷 Ian Harris
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With hot weather due again, please think of thirsty hedgehogs and offer shallow bowls of water in your garden. Photo: Michael Partridge.
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Delighted that government listened to all who signed petition calling for Hedgehog Highways to be installed in new builds, led by our very own @hedgehoghugh! Thank you to all who signed and shared!
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Letting your garden go a little bit wild is a brilliant thing to do for British wildlife like #hedgehogs and #bees! .🦔 🐝 .Think leaves, logs & letting the grass grow long with wildflowers & weeds! .🌼 🍂 🌾 . Show us your wildlife garden ideas below 👇 . #WorldBeeDay #NoMowMay
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Thanks to everyone who has shared the terrible webpage with the poison for sale on today - we THINK it may be a hacked business page and not genuine but we are investigating and doing all we can to get it removed urgently.
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It's time for a #FridayFact!.🦔. Did you know. the modern #hedgehog has no close relatives amongst other mammals?. It may have distant links with moles & shrews, but it belongs to a family all of its own & has developed along a separate evolutionary line for millions of years!
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Who's excited for #HedgehogWeek. ?. 🎉 30 April - 6 May 🎉. We've got some treats for you #hedgehog fans & supporters - including exclusive tips from some well-known faces & exciting daily competitions. Tune in tomorrow for a chance to win an early #HedgehogWeek prize. 🦔
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To gets things started for #HedgehogWeek, here's one of our brilliant patrons, @DrAmirKhanGP talking about first aid. for hedgehogs! 🦔 . Call us 01584 890801 for the hedgehog rescue directory.#doctorinthehouse #sundayvibes #HappyBirthdayBHPS #hedgehogs
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Please turn your #ThursdayThoughts towards our prickly friends and their plight for water in hot weather! Providing a shallow bowl of water (or two) in your garden could literally save a life! Pic Michael Partridge.
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It's Hedgehog Awareness Week!!!.🦔 🦔 🦔. Follow #HedgehogWeek for daily competitions, exclusive facts & infographics, plus top-tips to give hedgehogs the edge from some of our patrons and supporters!
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You’ve only gone and done it! 100,000! Thank you! Do keep signing and sharing though, the more signatures the better!
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Busy day for us making sure people #rememberhedgehogs on bonfire night, please spread the word! http://t.co/otVeQMmOGT.
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🎉 It's our BIRTHDAY!! 🎉. That's 42 years of helping wild #hedgehogs native to the UK!.🦔. Major Adrian Coles MBE founded BHPS in 1982 & we've been working to raise awareness of the plight of the #hedgehog ever since!. Celebrate #HedgehogWeek 5-11 May👉
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Hedgehogs don't sunbathe! It needs urgent help - Hedgehog SOS.
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We'd like to wish all our brilliant followers, fans, patrons and supporters a really happy, safe, and healthy 2024!. 🦔 📆 🎉 . #HappyNewYear #NY2024 #HNY #NewYear #hedgehogs #hedgehog #wildlife #mondaymotivation #NYMotivation . 📷 Emily Clark
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Could we ask you all to share this please - let's get lots of water out there for thirsty hedgehogs tonight 💧💧🦔
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We have been asked to share this - great advice regarding not rescuing too soon! We all want what's best for hedgehogs and that is leaving in the wild whenever possible and only intervening when necessary.
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Within 20 hours our petition has reached 10,000 required for a government response, with signatures from every single constituency in the UK! Thank you, you’re amazing! Please keep up momentum to reach 100,000 signatures required for parliamentary debate!
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It's almost #hedgehogweek & we've got a competition where you can win a pair of sterling silver earrings from @Reevesandreeves . To be in with a chance of winning, simply ‘like’ & comment #hedgehogweek on this post!.🦔.We'll choose a winner at random after 8pm tonight!🤞
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We'd like to wish all our amazing followers, fans, patrons and supporters a very merry Christmas!. 🦔 🍂 🎄 . 📷 Colin Barley
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We are getting lots of early sightings of hedgehogs reported with the weather being so mild. They will be really hungry and thirsty - please help if you can.
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We will be releasing one of these cute messages each day of #hedgehogweek - please share them to help raise awareness.
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Please share and ask people to #rememberhedgehogs this #bonfirenight, especially now more people might be holding Guy Fawkes Night festivities in their own gardens where hoggies are likely to be!
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It's our 37th birthday today! We are celebrating with a giveaway! We have a set of 4 hedgehoggy books for children up for grabs. To be in with a chance of winning, just retweet and comment on this post! Winner chosen at random & announced tomorrow morning :-) Good luck!
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Hedgehogs can travel a mile or more in a night, so no one garden is big enough. Linking gardens with small gaps in fences, AKA #hedgehog highways, creates vital access!. Join our #HedgehogFriendlyFencing campaign 👇 . #HedgehogStreet is run by us & @PTES
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It's #WorldWildlifeDay & we're celebrating #hedgehogs!.🦔 💚 🌎.We believe conserving wildlife is the key to a balanced and thriving planet - & helping hedgehogs is a good place to start!. Read & share to help hedgehogs across the UK 👇 ..#WWD25
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As leaves change colour & fall from the trees - don't over-tidy them! .🍂.They play a vital role in the life cycles of many species - from butterflies to #hedgehogs!.🦋🦔💤. Leave a designated patch, corner or edge untouched for #wildlife 💚 . 📹 @TheRicketyShed.#MondayMotivation
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A very happy birthday wish being sent to our lovely Patron @BeingBoycie - he loves hedgehogs and is always so supportive of our Charity. Many happy returns John xx
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Today, we're wishing 🎉 Happy Birthday 🎉 to @DrAmirKhanGP - a huge #hedgehog-fan & passionate BHPS patron!. Thank you for being an amazing advocate for #hedgehogs! .🎂 🌍🦔 . #HappyBirthday #WildlifeConservation #conservation #wildlife
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Help save a #hedgehog this #bonfire night – share our posters with your neighbours & local businesses who sell fireworks or run bonfire events!. 🦔. Always check for children, #hedgehogs & other animals, including pets, before lighting #bonfires. 👇 👇 👇 .
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During hot, dry, sunny spells, make sure you provide a shallow dish of fresh water for #hedgehogs in your garden to drink ☀️💧🦔 .Add a few pebbles so bees & insects can safely drink too 🐝 🐞 🦋 . It could be a lifeline for a thirsty #hedgehog like this one!. 🎥 Paul Bunyard
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Metaldehyde slug pellets are now banned in the UK - please spread the word!
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On #FurnaceFriday please pop out some shallow bowls of water for thirsty hedgehogs! Pic Michael Partridge.
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Some hedgehogs are still awake - please keep feeding them if they are :-)
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What a lot of 'hogs! 🦔 🦔 🦔 🦔. We think this garden in Netley Abbey Southampton must have some great #hedgehog friendly features!. Whether it's wild & organic areas, fresh water or hedgehog highways - we love seeing the #hedgehogs who enjoy your gardens 🫶. #MondayMotivation
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Mum moving her nest of young - wonderful rare footage. Stay safe hoggies.
Just a #hedgehog and her brood out for a walk 🦔🐾@hedgehogsociety @hedgehoghugh #TwitterNatureCommunity @iNatureUK
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It's #WorldAnimalDay - and our brilliant patron @DrAmirKhanGP is celebrating #hedgehogs!!. 🦔🦔🦔 . 👀 Watch now to find out his favourite #hedgehog fact! 👇
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