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Just a general check around it's sunny and +10c.
My only concern is our one resident hedgehog and whether it survived the very low temperatures last week.
Its house is protects by the fence surounding the azaleas to the side of the main patio. Only small birds and hedgehogs can get through it.
The house is up on small feet on a paving slab and there's a block of polystyrene under the floor to provide some insulation. It had plenty of hay in the sleeping area.
There's an extra oversize roof on top which protects the entrance from rain.
There's hay that's blocking the inner doorway, which will prevent draughts. That's all we can do.
It would be unwise to check on it. We'll just have to wait until late March to know if it survived. There's always peanuts and suet pellets I leave for the birds and squirrels in a big plastic saucer a couple of yards away, so if it comes out fo a short time as they sometimes do in the winter, it'll find it.
My only concern is our one resident hedgehog and whether it survived the very low temperatures last week.
Its house is protects by the fence surounding the azaleas to the side of the main patio. Only small birds and hedgehogs can get through it.
The house is up on small feet on a paving slab and there's a block of polystyrene under the floor to provide some insulation. It had plenty of hay in the sleeping area.
There's an extra oversize roof on top which protects the entrance from rain.
There's hay that's blocking the inner doorway, which will prevent draughts. That's all we can do.
It would be unwise to check on it. We'll just have to wait until late March to know if it survived. There's always peanuts and suet pellets I leave for the birds and squirrels in a big plastic saucer a couple of yards away, so if it comes out fo a short time as they sometimes do in the winter, it'll find it.
