We have been so busy that we have not been able to keep the page updated as much as we would like, so here is another family of releases who are now back out in the wild: Bracken, Clover, Petal and Lavender.
This little family of hoglets came to us back in June, when Margaret was cutting her neighbour's grass and nearly ran over their nest. One of the hoglets had wriggled out of the nest. With no mum around and the nest disturbed, we brought them into the rescue.
When they arrived, Bracken weighed 56g, Clover 66g, Petal 63g and Lavender 60g. All of them were hand reared and were very messy, as hoglets are meant to be.
Clover was the strongest of the litter and was one of the first to be released, weighing over 1kg at the end of August. Petal went out with Clover, weighing 845g. Bracken was released on 24/9 weighing 904g, and lastly Lavender on 27/9 weighing 864g.
All four were released in Lochgelly, thanks to Caroline Carroll, who offered her lovely hedgehog friendly garden as a release site, with nest boxes and food and water provided daily. Thank you so much, Caroline. Thank you also to Margaret for contacting us to help these little ones.
Please be careful when clearing gardens or cutting long grass. Many hedgehogs are building their nests now and could be nesting in that big pile of leaves in the corner of your garden, so please take extra care when using garden equipment.
You can see more happy endings on our release stories page.
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A hedgehog out in the day is not OK. Call us straight away on 07577 000328.
