April has been a very successful month for releasing overwintering hedgehogs, (see page two for some pictures). Thank-you to everyone who contributed to our fundraiser in April to purchase an incubator. Combined with other donations gratefully received this month, we have been able to purchase two incubators. With hoglet season in full swing, these incubators will assist us in caring for orphaned and sick hoglets. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog April...
read moreAs March ends and beautiful April begins, the repatriation is underway of the hedgehogs that have been overwintering with our wonderful team Download the PDF here: Hog Blog 8 March...
read moreThe daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses have emerged from beneath the late winter earth, giving a resplendent display of colour – what a welcome sight! Meteorological spring starts on the 1st of March and our much-loved hedgehogs are beginning to wake up. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog 8 February...
read moreJanuary was a quiet month for hedgehog rescues and the sick and injured hogs already being cared for by rescuer, Julie Wade, are responding well to their various treatments. These hogs will stay with Julie until they have finished being medicated and then either fattened up by her, for release in spring, or go for overwintering with a foster carer. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog 7...
read moreDid you know that the weather worldwide in 2024 is set to be the hottest on record and in the UK multiple records were broken in almost every season? So what impact does this have on our beloved hedgehogs? Download the PDF here: Hog Blog 6...
read moreNovember was full of fluctuating weather, ranging from snow and ice, unseasonably warm days and nights, torrential rain causing flooding in places, high winds and a gloom that seemed to linger over this region for ever! Nevertheless, regardless of the inclement weather, there was an abundance of hedgehog sightings, echoed nationwide, as many hogs have yet to hibernate. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog November...
read moreOctober has been a very busy month for fundraising, and we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of, you, the public. Here we highlight three of the events held during October. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog...
read moreAs we bid goodbye to September it has been another busy month for Brackley Hogwatch. We would like to thank all the finders of sick hedgehogs and orphaned hoglets. Without their care and intervention these beautiful creatures would have inevitably not survived, so thank you for caring. We have successfully released back into the wild more hedgehogs this month thanks to the wonderful, dedicated work of rescuers Julie Wade and Jo Pearce. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog...
read moreAs we say goodbye to August and move into meteorological Autumn we look back on what’s been happening in the world of Brackley Hogwatch and its rescuers this month. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog...
read moreWelcome, fellow hedgehog lovers, to our new monthly Hog Blog in which each month we will give an update of what’s been happening; good and bad. Download the PDF here: Hog Blog...
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