Spring is here! Warm spell brings out the daffodils… and the first baby hedgehogs of the year

These incredible pictures prove spring has sprung early this year – with the birth of the first two little hedgehogs.

Volunteers at Prickles Hedgehog Rescue in Cheddar, Somerset, discovered the hoglets while doing a routine clean of the enclosure.

Hedgehogs normally produce young between between May and September.

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Two Hoglets, both aged just 1 week old, which are the first to be born in the UK this year, at the Prickles Hedgehog Rescue centre in Cheddar

Jules Bishop, founder of the Prickles sanctuary, said: “We know they are the only two recorded hoglets in the UK this year.

“It’s exceptional not only that they were born in captivity but they were born so early.

“They are going to be with us around two-and-a-half to three months before they are ready to be released into the wild.”

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It’s easy to see how small the two Hoglets are when they’re next to a 50p coin
Unfortunately, the little prickly balls were rejected by their mother, so volunteers at the sanctuary have been hand-rearing them.

Jules added: “Their mum is fine, and the little ones are growing and getting stronger every day. They really are thriving.”

I wonder what the success rate of raising young found this early ... lovely pictures hope they do well .x

Bless them... Look at the light quills in with the dark ones

xoxox