At 10:30 last night, I left home to go to work (I work nights).
As I drove along the road I live in I saw a small dark shape in the middle of the road which I swerved to avoid. As I passed it I could see that it was a small hedgehog.
Now I live in the middle of a large town it was clear that this urban hedgehog wasn't going to last long if it was in the habit of sitting in the middle of the road.
So I stopped the car and picked up the little chap.
The reason it was in the middle of the road was because someone has dropped a cornetto (ice cream) in the middle of the road and the hedgehog obviously thought that the melted, sticky mess was very tasty!
I carried the little fella back home, found some wood shavings and a box and left him in the capable care of LadyMinion overnight. She provided him with cat food and water and off I went to work.
Eightish hours later at 7:15 I got home from work, retreived the hedgehog from under the sofa where he's gone to sleep after escaping from his box when LadyMinion went to bed, collected his box and headed off in the the countryside to give him a new home away from cars and cornettos.
Here's a photo of the location I chose, a local nature reserve and picnic spot.
What a beautiful English summer morning.
I positioned his box against the undergrowth:
and waited for him to make a bid for freedom...
and waited...
and waited...
I wandered off for a while and took a few other photos.
Here's a grasshopper sunbathing on a thistle:
A baby ladybird doing the same on a nettle:
And an adult ladybird hunting for breakfast on another nettle (look on the otherside of the leaf Mr. Ladybird!)
Eventually my prickly friend makes a move...
Bye Bye Mr. Hedgehog, have a good long life, mate.
Thank you for your time.
As I drove along the road I live in I saw a small dark shape in the middle of the road which I swerved to avoid. As I passed it I could see that it was a small hedgehog.
Now I live in the middle of a large town it was clear that this urban hedgehog wasn't going to last long if it was in the habit of sitting in the middle of the road.
So I stopped the car and picked up the little chap.
The reason it was in the middle of the road was because someone has dropped a cornetto (ice cream) in the middle of the road and the hedgehog obviously thought that the melted, sticky mess was very tasty!
I carried the little fella back home, found some wood shavings and a box and left him in the capable care of LadyMinion overnight. She provided him with cat food and water and off I went to work.
Eightish hours later at 7:15 I got home from work, retreived the hedgehog from under the sofa where he's gone to sleep after escaping from his box when LadyMinion went to bed, collected his box and headed off in the the countryside to give him a new home away from cars and cornettos.
Here's a photo of the location I chose, a local nature reserve and picnic spot.
What a beautiful English summer morning.
I positioned his box against the undergrowth:
and waited for him to make a bid for freedom...
and waited...
and waited...
I wandered off for a while and took a few other photos.
Here's a grasshopper sunbathing on a thistle:
A baby ladybird doing the same on a nettle:
And an adult ladybird hunting for breakfast on another nettle (look on the otherside of the leaf Mr. Ladybird!)
Eventually my prickly friend makes a move...
Bye Bye Mr. Hedgehog, have a good long life, mate.
Thank you for your time.
Nice pictures too, btw. 
