I’ve been writing this diary for a year now, and do you know what the most popular post has been? Has it been my insightful and, dare I say, scholarly comments on badger behaviour? Has it been the videos and fieldnotes that make the experience of badger watching available to all? Has it been my adventures in tracking, discovering the wildlife of my local area?
Nope. None of these things. The most popular post, by a significant margin, has been my picture of a hedgehog (see Fieldnotes: 2nd August 2008). It seems the hedgehog is the real star of the show.
So, for all the hedgehog fans out there (including the Hedgehog Fan), here’s a picture of another urchin I came across this evening. Right click and save as to get the full size picture.
Hedgehog
Tales from the Wood - The Diary of a Badger Watching Man 
Ha ha. You might need to change your name to Hedgehogwatchingman. Mmmm…doesn’t have the same ring does it?
Not quite the same ring, Pablo. But it might be my route to fame and fortune!
Besides, hedgehogs are really easy to photograph compared to badgers. You can just walk up to them and they don’t bat an eyelid.
What a beauty, and so healthy looking. Quite lifts the spirit. Reading all the diary entries I feel as if I live in the hedgerow. Love all the stuff written, but don’t know what it is about hedgehogs that is so appealing. During my short trips to the countryside recently I am sure that there are more wild flowers than there have been in recent years. Or is this just wild optimism!?