What have you seen

Unexpected visitor to our garden a few minutes ago. Not all that big, probably a this years baby. I had been videoing it on my phone. Naturally taking the photo made it pop it's head away 😢. It'll be mealworms in the morning for the birds and evening for this baby. Usually our hedgehogs are not seen in the flesh but leave their calling cards 😉 and fend for themselves.

We have a wildlife friendly garden with logs and leaf heaps. Should we be doing anything more? I presume it' too warm yet for full hibernation? I know there's an optimum weight but don' want to disturb it by picking up and weighing it.

Might be out for a last minute food top up? We have them in our garden, very rarely see them in daylight, nice to get a pic B2.

I found this hedgehog info HERE sounds like November is the time they start to hibernate. We're like you with plenty of wild life hidey holes around.

My thoughts too brue. I reckon it's about 500g, that's 1lb give or take a bit. I'll ensure that mealworms are out at dusk. I put some extra out for it before taking the video, it enjoyed some of those 😉.

Squirrel has just visited and eaten remaining mealworm heap 😲. There was me thinkibg it was pickibg up tge groundfeeders sunflower seeds when I see it 😂. Holiday dog quite likes them too! She goes home tomorrow 😢 so my wildlife will do better!

It's back again, able to get photo of its head now 😆. Loads more mealworms put out.

Try again.

Nice day birdwatching with highlights being 3 Little Stints, some beautiful Golden Plover and a Slavonian Grebe

Had a surprise am today had a young red squirrel in the ground caged bird feeder tray quite happy in there and then pm same place a brambling in there for about an hour before it got dark hope he got out after all that eating also had a redwing in our field is this a sign of a colder winter we wonder. will try to get OH help get photo of squirrel on here.

Gone cooler here now in the Lot much earlier than last year.

RK - Sounds good. Have you got any photos of the Hawfinches on the feeders? That would be a dream for me seeing those on my feeders.

Photos taken today not that good as taken from inside through window with a small canon camera as it is kept close to use quickly.

RK - How did the cheeky blighter get in? Did he lift the cage up? Lol.