stealthy1 3,964 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Now then, dont know what its like in your area, but Hedgehogs seem a bit scarce on my patch, normally you can hear them in the hedge bottoms and in the woodlands, but not seen many, not even road kills, any one else seeing many? stealthy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SMOGGY 34 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 too many round us, they take some controlling, last week there was 17 in one field, they're cleaning up alot of eggs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Not seen any for about five years mate.Something must be killing them off.atb. Catcher 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richie10 345 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 In Essex I haven't seen one for 2 years maybe, but there has been a massive increase in the amount of badgers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Quite a few here, yesterday the pup met his first one and shit himself! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,186 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 loads in the middle of the road round preston area but only seen one live one while out shooting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayjay 264 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 i read somewhere a while back that a few surveys were done around the country on badgers and hedgehogs and they found that areas that were heavily populated with badgers had very little numbers of hedgehogs in them,so it could be that badgers have them on their menu aswell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,493 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 The spanniel picks up a couple every time we take her out over the golf course she's mad about them . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sorley x 32 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Badgers love em, hedgehogs are like a decent bacon butty or quails eggs to badgers. They can't get enough of em. A few years back we had bucket loads of the prickly fellas knocking about but no badgers. Now, thanks to all the protection efforts afforded to Badgers we have lost of them knocking about but as it goes almost NO hedgehogs. Thats the way it goes. If you dont keep thing in balance then something loses out. I'm guessing people like badgers a feck site more than hedgehogs. Or possibly they dodn't think through the whole lets over-protect the UK's largest natural predator............. Shame I dont mind seeing a few of each about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toplamper 5 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 mayby there using the zebra crossin\ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooshka 22 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Too many here..... Willow had a strike at 3 the other night... as she does when ever she sees one. . shes not the sharpest tool in the box She is slowly getting the idea tho... after the bleeding has stopped... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid 935 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Seeing more this year than the last few years, some one said a good cold winter is better for them, as they dont keep waking up, they just sleep right through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green oval 8 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Too many here..... Willow had a strike at 3 the other night... as she does when ever she sees one. . shes not the sharpest tool in the box She is slowly getting the idea tho... after the bleeding has stopped... Its when she rags them, i find it most amusing..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biffo 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 i occasionally get one in the garden, the dog had a go at one saturday night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JordKil 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Usually see one or two at night walking the dog he trys to get them and just ends up with a sore mouth. I used to see a white one every night but i think the tractor got it on the farm road as I found it there squished shame really its spikes were all completely white it was pretty cool. ATB Jordan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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