{"id":117902,"date":"2020-07-22T03:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/specieswatch-hedgehogs-are-well-loved-but-mysterious-garden-visitors\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T04:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T21:04:28","slug":"specieswatch-hedgehogs-are-well-loved-but-mysterious-garden-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/specieswatch-hedgehogs-are-well-loved-but-mysterious-garden-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Specieswatch: hedgehogs are well-loved but mysterious garden visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe know so little about the lives of these endearing animals, whose numbers are in decline in BritainThe European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, is said to be the gardener\u2019s best friend; eating slugs, beetles and other unwelcome visitors to the vegetable patch. Whether this is true or not, the garden is the most likely place to find what is considered to be Britain\u2019s favourite mammal, the species having fled from industrialised farmland to survive. Related: Country diary: preparing the garden for a much-loved mammal Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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We know so little about the lives of these endearing animals, whose numbers are in...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-uFE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46061,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/apocalypse-hedgehog-the-fight-to-save-britains-favourite-mammal\/","url_meta":{"origin":117902,"position":0},"title":"Apocalypse hedgehog: the fight to save Britain's favourite mammal","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The much-loved creature of the suburban garden is in rapid decline \u2013 with new builds, roads and badgers to blame. 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