Late spring catches hedgehogs by surprise

Hedgehogs are becoming a relatively rare sight in our gardens these days. Numbers have plummeted in the past ten years and the weather hasn't helped.

Confused by the late arrival of spring in 2013, hedgehogs are only just coming out of hibernation, six weeks late.

In Cambridge a hedgehog hospital released some of the dozens they've been nursing throughout the winter.

Click below to watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Claire McGlasson:

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will watch link when I get back off the school run ...the weather has been awful for the hedgehogs and no doubt it will get worse over the years .x

brilliant video really heartwarming x