{"id":32,"date":"2018-10-19T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayles.info\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2024-10-30T17:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:38:19","slug":"wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gayles.info\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hedgehogs<\/h1>\n

Hedgehog rules<\/a><\/p>\n

Non Native species<\/h1>\n

Be on the lookout for these Invasive species<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nOver wintering<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He’s just a youngster born too late in the year to survive hibernation over winter.
\nThe Sunderland rescue centre has scores of young hedgehogs in this predicament.
\nTwo solutions:
\n1) Just let nature take its course and allow them to starve and die
\n2) Take them into shelter, fatten them up on cat food and provide a cosy nest box. Come the spring, release them into the wild.<\/p>\n

It’s your choice<\/span><\/p>\n

Hedgehogs in the summer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hedgehog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hedgehogs have come out of hibernation. Look after them in times of drought. Consider building a \u201csmoot-hole\u201d in walls and fences to allow them to wander between gardens.<\/p>\n

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This appears to be a smoot hole. It also serves to drain rainwater from the field into a grid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another drain\/smoot hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Word of the week from writer Robert Macfarlane\u00a0 <\/span>is \u201csmoot-hole\u201d, the small gap at the bottom of dry-stone walls to allow hares and hedgehogs to roam from field to field but not sheep.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Times, Friday 3 May 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hedgehog houses have been placed on the common and disguised as leaf piles!
\nCan you spot the hedgehog house?<\/p>\n

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now you see it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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now you don’t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Shrew rescued from my cat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Swans on the ponds at Ravensworth
\nRaptor with a rat in its talons flying along Slip Inn Bank
\nPheasants everywhere<\/p>\n

Moles adding soil to their hills (but no sight of the actual moles)
\nOwls (tawny) hunting cries at dawn and dusk<\/p>\n

Great Crested Newts<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are the animals that are notorious for halting construction work and delaying canal restoration projects. Here they are in Gayles.<\/p>\n

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Great Crested Newt (photo Mags Cran)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Great Crested Newt (photo Mags Cran)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cuckoo<\/strong><\/p>\n

A cuckoo has been heard in Plantation woods above Gayles Hall. No sightings as yet<\/p>\n

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Wet enough for toads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adult and juvenile woodpeckers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You wait for ages for one woodpecker to appear. Then …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hedgehogs Hedgehog rules Non Native species Be on the lookout for these Invasive species   Over wintering He’s just a youngster born too late in the year to survive hibernation over winter. The Sunderland rescue centre has scores of young hedgehogs in this predicament. Two solutions: 1) Just let nature take its course and allow … <\/p>\n

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