AS spring flowers begin to show, please be careful that you don't accidentally 'clear up' a hedgehog with your garden fork.
A hedgehog's nest is in a sheltered spot, often under a hedge or deep in the wood pile. It is made of dried leaves and assorted garden debris which the hedgehog has hauled together in a heap.
It is important to take care with this sort of debris. Your garden may be playing host to more than one prickly guest.
A H COLES, British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Knowbury House, Shropshire.
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