Ginny Murphy

Senior Analyst, Cumberland Council. Like sewing, gardening, hedgehogs, cats and music. All views my own.

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@CarlBovisNature Two of mine had a bit of a set-to in one of the feeding stations this week 🦔🥊🦔

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@SoVeryBritish Yes and my cat went nuts!!

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@CarlBovisNature New smaller smaller hoggie has arrived in my garden the last few nights to join the big bruiser. Safe to say they weren’t pleased to see each other - there was a stand off in the first restaurant before bruiser gave way and took himself off to the other one!

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

These two really didn’t want to share the water 🦔🥊🦔 (don’t worry, there are several other drinking options in the garden for the one who got shoved away)
@naturespy @cumbriawildlife @hedgehogsociety

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@HedgehogCabin Mine don’t hang around the restaurant after eating - they always scuttle off for some post-prandial exercise 😂

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

This polecat first appeared in my garden a year ago but I hadn’t seen it again until last night - he/she is clearly not very happy with being on camera 📸

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@NoContextBrits Whirly gig

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@HedgehogCabin I already have grass and beds and I love to watch the hoggies snuffling around their favourite plants so I thought why not give them more!

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@buitengebieden Oscar 🐾😻

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

There’s lots of hoggie chuffing going on tonight - firstly in the restaurant and then they took it outside 🦔🦔

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@PTES @hedgehogsociety I never receive these emails even though I’m registered as a hedgehog champion and I have email contact turned on. They’re not going into spam - anything else I can check?

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@HedgehogCabin Ooh that’s interesting, I’ve always wondered about the whitish marks on the rear of my visiting hoggies.

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

Second hoggie is out of hibernation now (Mrs Prickle has been up for a couple of weeks). Not sure they’re entirely pleased to see each other 😂🦔🦔
@naturespy

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@HedgehogCabin OK, will do. He went into the "porch" of the feeder but not round the chicane to where the food is. I'll look out for him tonight.

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

Looks like one of my hoggies is up from hibernation (I keep a supply of food and water in the restaurant all year round just in case). @HedgehogCabin - is it OK just to monitor this one for now?

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@HedgehogCabin Unfortunately he didn't go right inside so the internal camera didn't trigger. He was around the garden for a couple of hours - this is another clip of him on the grass.

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@terrybnd @BvcpInn You need to come out west more often, it’s been a glorious sunny day on the Solway coast, just a tad windy. Took the chance to do some gardening before tomorrow’s storm.

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@terrybnd Wasn’t too bad on the Solway coast - some rain but not enough to constitute a storm. Just goes to show Cumbria can have multiple weather systems on the go at once!

[Ginny Murphy @ginnym63]

@feyyann @HedgehogCabin Mine’s this one https://t.co/UtPgUXBJp5