Getting familiar with my new patch, Part 2

As with our old house, there are alleys connecting our road to others. This means there are car-free corridors for foxes and hedgehogs. And, because we have friends on the street behind who are also interested in wildlife, we know there are foxes living in gardens of unoccupied houses very close to us. I caughtContinue reading “Getting familiar with my new patch, Part 2”

Favourites and familiars

This post was inspired by something that happened a few months ago. I’ve sometimes found run-over hedgehogs on the road near my house, and I usually bury them. I can’t bear the thought of a hog just lying there like a piece of rubbish. So one morning when I saw a brownish shape in theContinue reading “Favourites and familiars”