Hedgehog watch and other nocturnal garden visitors

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Bazoaxe Mar 2021 10:44am, 8 Mar 2021 19,137 posts	0 Bazoaxe Taking advantage of spring type weather I was out tidying the garden at the weekend. I observed in one of our pots that an egg was buried within the compost which confused me. In years gone by I have seen various cracked eggs around the garden. A bit of googling suggests foxed might raid nests they find, eat a few eggs and stash others for a future meal. Thing is these look like chicken egg type size and I am not aware of anyone nearby who has chickens so not sure where the fox will have sourced these eggs from.
Bazoaxe Mar 2021 1:21pm, 8 Mar 2021 19,141 posts	0 Bazoaxe Mrs Axe has found on a local facebook page that we are not the only ones with hens eggs stashed in our gardens. The consensus seems to be that either someone is leaving eggs out for the foxes or someone is getting an early morning egg delivery to which the foxes are helping themselves !
Neil_E Mar 2021 9:35pm, 15 Mar 2021 8 posts	0 Neil_E We had a Hedgehog visit the garden late last year but no sightings yet this year. Bought a Victure HC400 in January and running with EBL rechargeable batteries which are lasting well. So far picked up Pigeon, Sparrow, Blackbird, Starling, Thrush, Robin, Wren, Squirrel & Mouse but no Hedgehog yet. Video is pretty good quality and sound great.
Meeps Mar 2021 8:15am, 16 Mar 2021 7,813 posts	0 Meeps Camera picked up that we had 2 hogs last night, one was in the feeding box, the other went in and started biffing the other one with it's nose to try and move it away from the food!
Yorkshire Pie Mar 2021 8:16am, 16 Mar 2021 14,037 posts	0 Yorkshire Pie Our small one wandered off for a few days and only the big one was coming (and not eating that much). This morning all the food had gone and sure enough little one is back and munching away. Clearly a growing hedgehog!
Bazoaxe Mar 2021 8:41am, 16 Mar 2021 19,219 posts	0 Bazoaxe Our camera has stopped working which is annoying and Mrs Axe saw a badger wander down our street the other night
Yorkshire Pie Mar 2021 4:01pm, 22 Mar 2021 14,038 posts	0 Yorkshire Pie We apparently had a non-nocturnal fox visit this afternoon (I was on a call at the time so missed it). Hedgehogs are still nice and active, at the moment they seem to be more interested in drinking than eating. Although it's not hugely warm it has been relatively dry for the last week or so, so they're definitely appreciating their water bowl.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Mar 2021 7:45pm, 22 Mar 2021 31,623 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Still waiting for signs of life from our visitors, wondering if the hog house is still occupied.
The wee beastie Mar 2021 8:49pm, 22 Mar 2021 60 posts	0 The wee beastie Thanks for the camera advice I was given a few weeks ago. After a bit of trial and error I was really pleased to get some clear photos last night that confirm it is a hedgehog that I have been feeding.
Meeps Mar 2021 9:00pm, 22 Mar 2021 7,881 posts	0 Meeps