Food shelter made by upturning a teak garden seat as it was raining lightly. Dish put under it and 1 dish in the rain a few feet to the right of the garden path at 9 pm. By 9.15 1 small and 1 a little bigger were sharing the sheltered dish. 10 minutes later a second largish one turned up , but there was no shoving . Then shortly afterwards a third large one came running across the lawn and turned on the 2 shoving them away from the small (female ) and returned , walking across the water dish an cornered her. The other 2 remained curled up for a short time and then 1 turned on the other and rather than stay and be shoved it went on off up the lawn and stopped under the bird feeders. It moved shortly after and ran into yet another hog coming towards the feeders and shoved it onto the garden before disappearing from view. The 1 on the garden then came down to the second feeder and ate for 10 minutes undisturbed , had a drink, sitting in the middle of the water dish and then went off across the driveway under the wife’s car.
The 1 that had recently turned on the other male left by going across the driveway.
The female and the large one were still under the shelter.
Then another hog came running across to the sheltered feeder and being confronted by the large one , but not shoved had second thoughts and turned tail and went back where he came from. This seemed as if it couldn’t have been one that came previously as it wouldn’t have been so eager to get to the feeders.
If that assumption is correct then in the hour between 9.15 and 10.15 it seems that 6 hogs , not minding the rain, had been under our front window again.
I spoke to our next door neighbours and they have spotted droppings in both no.9 and no.8. Neither put out food and neither have hog houses, but I’m working on them.
One thing that we might need is a hedgehog street sign to create awareness in the street. We are in a cul de sac , so not much traffic at night, but the more everyone is aware the better. Is this a council responsibility or can I just create one?
David
