Collymac

Here mainly for the posts on wildlife, nature, birds, climate change. Amateur at all these things. Also love the posts on books, I love reading.

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@HedgehogCabin Someone in a local group posted this photo of a hedgehog out in daylight this morning. It stopped by the drain pipe. Does it need to be rescued?

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@graham_jaggard First one of yours I've seen in a while. Really need to mostly use the Following tab because the For You tab doesn't tend to show people I'm following.

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@SW_PhotoNature Thanks. How do I order a digital download ?

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@HedgehogCabin I thought it was emaciated. I have learned a lot from you, Pauly, and pass it on to others as well.

I have sent a comment to the BBC about their photo.

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@HedgehogCabin is it my imagination or does this BBC photo show a (possibly sick) hedgehog out in the daytime?
BBC News - Satellites and AI used to track UK hedgehogs in bid to slow decline
https://t.co/WCdsqgt9Ao

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@Robster36 @BBCNews I switched off when the shouting started. I HATE the way reporters do this. It's an embarrassment, why can't they behave like professionals?

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@LBFlyawayhome So many I like but I think I would plump for Great Artists.

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@HedgehogCabin This is a lovely video. Shame it shows a hedgehog ambling about in broad daylight.

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A very special delivery for David Attenborough, beloved by people (and animals) everywhere 💚

To honour Sir David’s 100th birthday, His Majesty The King is supported by a cast of stars from British nature to relay his handwritten message in time for the celebration at the Royal Albert Hall.

Watch David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth on @BBCiPlayer.

https://t.co/yZojhLlUXp

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@HedgehogCabin @PeGr1969 This poster seems to be keeping an informal hospital in a 'hedgehog cellar'. Hope they heed your words because it doesn't look good.

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.@HotelChocolat Are you 'doing the maths' in the hope that people won't notice there is zero discount for buying multiple packs? What is 'mix & match' about this? Even your store assistant agreed the signs are misleading.

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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

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@TheMopingOwl @ATRightMovies It wasn't the first Columbo. And the typewriter providing a key clue was a different episode. I think that was 'Now you see him'.

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@Filmgeeek99 @CarlaGericke My Kindle is ancient and the battery lasts for days between charges.

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@AFowlerPhoto Great photo. Absolutely love the style of the man on the right.

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@realJecklesTV @ExistentialEnso It is entirely possible to go to a festival for a long weekend and not take any drugs whatsoever. I do it several times a summer. I have a marvellous time.

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@EHChalus I didn't hear this interview this morning because I no longer listen to #BBCR4Today when Emma Barnett is presenting. Her interruptions and hectoring make her unlistenable-to.

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@BlackNinjaBob @HistorianZhang I had to do the same. We have copilot at work and I hate it, always interfering and nagging. I'm not having it on my home laptop.

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@Sakshi50038 @MikoyBass Not when your boarding card is on your phone. Digital only boarding cards mean you have to have a device which is going to be your phone usually.

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@NodrogIce @I_Dont_Know_Her You can some Joan Hickson versions on YouTube but poor video quality. Agree they are the best by a country mile.