As Hedgehogs roam the British countryside looking for a place to nestle down and hibernate for the winter, we discuss how you can help them in your own gardens. Then we take a look at a favourite wildflower of ours that looks fantastic in any garden: the Teasel.
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Websites for Wildlife Gardeners
Sightings
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/
https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/red-admiral
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/100036/abelia-x-grandiflora/details
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/21344/elaeagnus-macrophylla/details
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/75426/i-heptacodium-miconioides-i/details
News
https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/big-butterfly-count-2021-sees-lowest-ever-number-of-butterflies-recorded
https://www.pan-uk.org/take-pesticide-products-off-supermarket-shelves/
Hedgehogs
https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/
https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/
https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/
https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/the-hedgehog-book-by-hugh-warwick/
https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/the-last-hedgehog-by-pam-ayres/
https://shop.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/product/new-hedgehog-bookby-pat-morris/
Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174091
https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants400/Profiles/cd/Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum|common teasel/RHS Gardening
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ISBN 9781784272289
https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/pollinators-and-pollination-ollerton-9781784272289
Ep 19. Spiky characters: Hedgehogs and Teasels