Pauline

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

This is so sad, and the most destructive thing you can do in your garden, this time of year.
Your garden should be a safe nursery, untouched all through the winter, for next year's insects.
What you see as messy dead flower stems and dried old stalks are actually warm cosy cots in a nursery, where next year's baby insects are slumbering, safe from the world and weather extremes.
When you destroy them, next spring our hogs and birds die of starvation.

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

When it's just that bit too cold to get out of bed to eat breakfast.😋

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@HedgehogCabin Smarty pants!! 😍🦔
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[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

It's October, and despite the temperatures dropping a little, our wildlife is still suffering the effects of the drought, especially in the south of the country.
It really isn't normal to see an owl using a bird bath.
But with all the ponds, streams and rivers dried up, they are desperate.
You can see how incredibly nervous this poor owl is.
But birds need to bathe to keep their feathers in a safe condition, and that goes for our nocturnal birds too.
I've never seen such a variety of animals visit my little watering station.
The situation is dire.
So please remember to keep water out, front and back, at ground level, refreshed each evening with clean tap water.
Until we are blessed with some sustained rainfall, we are making the difference between life and death for so many creatures.

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

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[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@TicketmasterCS spotify presale link for fontaines dc isnt working

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

As we enter yet another week of drought conditions please, I beg you, put out water for the animals.
Our nocturnal wildlife is dying of thirst.
A terrible, painful way to die.
And you hold the solution, the cure.
A turn of the tap will save a life.🚰
So get out your casserole pot lids, your flan dishes, your old baking trays - anything that is shallow and wide and not easily tipped.
It doesn't matter what it looks like, this is an emergency.
Put them out at dusk, front and back garden.
Your local charity shop will have loads of suitable water dishes - so with one simple act of kindness you can benefit so many.🥰
Keep them clean.
Keep them full.
Keep them coming.
Please share this to save a life today.

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@HedgehogCabin Gorgeous Pauly. 🥰🦔 x

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Fed up?
Heat getting to you?
Dreading work tomorrow?
Then grab a drink, take a seat, relax and watch 10 minutes of nothing special, just the life of a precious little family safe and content, growing and learning.
I guarantee you will feel better. ❤️

[Dr Juliet Turner @juliet_turner6]

Ajax has been outside all day enjoying the sun, but he just came in to have a bath in the shrimp jar.

There’s plenty of places for him to bathe outside, but for some reason he specifically likes this 🙄

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Isn't this so lovely to see?
The difference providing water makes.
This dear little family were once lacklustre and listless, just sitting around look thin and drained.
Just a bucket of water and they are puppies again, playing and having fun, as all fox cubs should.🥰
It may be cooler but it's still so dry. Please put out water for our struggling wildlife.

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@ChadWeather Yes - can’t see the buggers that are biting though. 😬

[Oldham Weather @ChadWeather]

Severe #thunderstorms will become news over the coming days.

Here's my Weekly Blog. ✅🔥⚡

https://t.co/OZgOqfp7CV

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@ChrisGPackham Stunning 😍

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

As usual at this time of year we have people on worried about having a bumblebee ‘hive’ in their garden.
‘Are they dangerous?’
‘Should I have them removed?’
‘Will they be there forever?’
Here’s a quick #bumblebee #lifecycle thread to explain.
Please #retweet for the #bees.
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[Dean Guzman Wyrzykowski @deanguzmanw]

BREAKING: The first 300 Ridglan beagles touched grass for the first time today.

They stepped outside and looked up at the sun.

Many are playful. Some are scared. All are learning the world can be safe.

Today, they are free.

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

#FoxOfTheDay 🦊

A mother Fox and her cubs are captured on a trail camera in their earth.

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Foxes

🎦 Credit: Colin Hutton.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Another window ledge snoozer , taken by Demi Colleen and shared by Protect the Wild , top #FoxOfTheDay !

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Every phone call I've taken this week has broken my heart a little bit more.
So much unnecessary suffering.
Please spread this information, as far and wide as you can.
You may save a life.
🙏
A hedgehog *out in the open* in the day is in serious trouble and needs urgent help.
Always.
No exceptions.
Any size.
Any time.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal prey animals, they have no defences in the daytime, it's deadly dangerous for them.
They are designed to hunt at night, to navigate and catch insects in the dark, occupying a specific ecological niche.
They are not adapted to withstand high temperatures, and their shape means they rapidly dehydrate during daylight hours.
They are nocturnal animals.
So they don't come out in the day simply because they're hungry, or lost, or disturbed, or to move nests, or are pregnant, or for any other trivial reason.
They come out in the day because it's warmer than the night and they are feeling cold.
Deadly cold.
They're feeling cold because they're so sick they're starting to die, and hypothermia is a stage of dying. Blood has been redirected to the vital organs, keeping them alive as long as possible, leaving the limbs feeling cold.
If you see a hedgehog like this, out in the open, in the day time, no matter how 'well' he looks, it is an emergency.
Every minute counts.
DO NOT put them in a box and keep them, feeding them, not calling a rescue for advice for 3 days until their agony and infection is too much for them to bear and they stop moving.
DO NOT feed them then move them under a bush because you think they shouldn't be in the sun, leaving them, utterly defenceless, to be predated alive there.
DO NOT take them to a vet, none of whom are trained in wildlife and will simply put to sleep even viable wild animals.
Please take them to a rescue (never a vet) URGENTLY.
Just Google 'hedgehog rescue near me' to find a list.
More info: https://t.co/I1vcAnWv1t

[Pauline @P0LLY_Q]

@foxguardiansuk Poor thing. 😢
We support feed foxes all year round.
We’ve had a few with mange over the years but never as bad as that.
🦊