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I will be keeping a look out as always, its on my list to get some kind of food too. They usually need a little encouragement!

Hi All, am new to the forum just found it browsing. My handle is Pine Marten. Christian name is William.

Have 3 hedgehogs that come to feed in my small garden, but they seem to come one at a time. Managed to get some pics of one of them. At the moment am feeding them my bird food. Suet pellets and dried mealworms. They seem to enjoy it, and the dish is empty in the morning.
I intend to get them their own dishes and if i can somewhere they can get into to feed.

Here is a link to the photos i took of one of them.
http://willpar.myphotoalbum.com/view_alb...me=album29

P.M

Hello William, Welcome to WildlifeUK, and thank you for the link to your photos. The hedgehog in your link looks quite happy and well fed, so you must be doing something right!

Kingfisher

Hi Kingfisher, many thanks for taking the time to look. Yes they seem to enjoy what they are eating. The mealworms are a natural food. I would like to do them a proper feeding station in the near future. Been looking it up on various sites. Now i have them visit would like to do my best for them.

P.M

We actually used wrote an article covering all sorts about hedgehogs for our recent website launch - including what to feed and what not to feed them, hibernation facts etc. It would be good to get some constructive feedback on it from people who know about hedgehogs (there shouldnt be too many errors as it was proof read by the british hedgehog preservation society).

The article can be found here, and any feedback would be greatly appreciated:

http://www.gbwildlife.co.uk/post/Hedgeho...prowl.aspx

Many thanks for the info. Will certainly look it up. Am new to feeding them, so should prove very helpful.

P.M

Our local hedgehog has been out and about a few times lately. I got some photos this evening (tempted with a small amount of dog food). I can watch them for hours. No shortage of slugs in our garden though!

Hi, i enjoyed your hedgehog pics. Thanks for posting. Very well taken.

P.M