Back in business

 I'd not seen a hedgehog at the feeding station since 12th January which means very little beyond the fact that I have to actually see the animals as I don't use a trail-cam recording system. The ridiculous conditions which resulted after the passage of Storm Darcy, over Thanet, would certainly be a factor in why a February sighting hadn't occurred until after the snow had gone. 

No hedgehogs - funny that? Storm Darcy visits Thanet.

I set up the feeding station on Monday night (15th Feb) and put out a small amount of the usual Tesco Kitten biscuits and a bowl of water. Absolutely nothing happened, I brought the food bowl back indoors at 05.30 hrs, on Tuesday morning, completely untouched. Undeterred, I repeated to process on Tuesday evening, post work, and was just about ready for kip (21.30 hrs) when I spotted the first visitor of February. I quickly summonsed Bev before grabbing the camera kit and slowly opening the study door. I managed to grab two shots before the animal scuttled away, "exit stage right"

With such a characterful face pattern this individual should be easily recognised if
it returns to the feeding station.

I went to kip well pleased with my sighting and feel sure that the hedgehog will have returned because the bowl was completely empty when I checked this morning (05.00 hrs) A hedgehog photo in every month of 2021 certainly looks a possibility now this image has been secured.