Hedgehogs

The couple who founded Deanshanger Rescue Centre say it has outgrown the sheds in their garden.

The annual Hedgehog Awareness Week runs until 10 May.

The hoglets are being raised at the home of an animal shelter volunteer in Washington, Sunderland.

The hedgehog, which is found on Alderney, carries a rare blonde gene.

Funding is secured to develop plans to take them from South Uist and Benbecula to mainland Scotland.

Wildlife experts find parasites rather than a mystery illness have affected Alderney's hedgehogs.

The barn owl was kept in an incubator and encouraged to feed until it had built up enough strength.

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