I have built a veritable bird house estate or some 6 boxes, around my allotment, and the only residents for the past three years have been wasps ! As these much maligned creatures are more beneficial to the gardening than some ungrateful birds, they are now most welcome !
I am gunna re-site the boxes this January, and hope a hoopoe might lose it's way and reside temporarily ! The ONLY successful nesting was in a joke box, and a wren made it a home for one band of hooligans
As far as rats are concerned, I think they are smarter than us every time. I have, this PM, been hijacked by a small h'hog of 6 weeks old,(happy birthday' ! It is now well settled into our spare bedroom as it is too small and underweight to go out anymore. It is 200gr as opposed to the wished for 600gr. Northumberland is unforgiving weather-wise for wee critturs.
thankyou for this really usfull info as we have a mum and her 2 baby's hedgehog's living under my daughter's playhouse which has become unsafe for her o play in so we have to take it down and i did not wan't to make our hedgehog's homelsee as mum has beeen in our garden for a few year's now' so we made our own hedgehog house and are going to put that in it's place BUT we are in thee middle of febuary when will the baet time to move them as i know there are hibernating now and how do i go about interducing them into there new home. thankyou for the help. sue.s
Hedgehogs are not pets and chances are if you don't have them then it's because they are not able to survive there. Or, as is often the case, you just haven't seen them yet. Google hedgehog dropping to see if you have any in your area/visiting your garden. About the size and width of a cigarette butt, black or dark brown with shiny bits from Beatles, snail shells etc. avoid using slug pellets and provide water/food and lots of cover.
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I am gunna re-site the boxes this January, and hope a hoopoe might lose it's way and reside temporarily ! The ONLY successful nesting was in a joke box, and a wren made it a home for one band of hooligans
Size of new wine crates are (328 x 283 x 377) mm
Hedgehog from as used have n one but not seen it for years
Hedgehog from as used have n one but not seen it for years