It's been over a fortnight since I last saw a hedgehog at the feeding station, thus I still await the opportunity to secure that "March photo" I so desire. I'm in no doubt as to the fact that there have been hedgehogs visiting the food I provide, just I haven't been present to witness the event. Almost a year into this adventure and still I feel that very little has been learned, from my personal perspective. With retirement looming, there is so much more that I wish to achieve and the removal of work commitments will allow such luxuries.
The enjoyment I have experienced since embarking on the garden project is beyond quantifying, off the scale being my best analogy. It seems crazy to think that less than two decades ago I thought hedgehogs were a bloody nuisance, coming into the garden to eat the moths off of the side of my MV trap. At one stage, so numerous were they, I had to place a wire mesh barrier around the trap to prevent them from gaining access to this food source. What has happened to the population in the intervening years is beyond my grasp and exactly why I'm now so committed to providing assistance to the local population and offering my support to the Hedgehog Preservation Society, via the Hedgehog Street "Champions" initiative.
If, for no other reason, future generations of Thanet dwellers are able to derive pleasure from encountering these wonderful animals then I've done my little bit to assist the cause.
