Herbert or Mrs Tiggywinkle?

So there I was minding my own business last night torch in hand moving a bit of water out the mini pond to accomodate the new tads with H2O when.................

Well to break it down I was leaning over scooping water with a jug in my right hand and holding torch in my left. I had completed a few scoops when my jug brushed over something which moved.............arrrgh!!! I nearly wet meself!!! I jumped back and shone my torch over the area and to my surprise there was a massive fat hedgehog right next to the mini pond. I had been completely oblivious to it!!! Anyhoo, I jumped up and down like silly child and ran to get David. I said 'Get out here now you have to see this' and he said 'But I only have socks on' so I said 'It's worth getting wet socks for' so he came out and said 'Wow' and then returned swiftly to the kitchen as there was a curry waiting for him!!

I spent a while oogling it from every angle and looking at it's cute ickle black nose. Then I took some pictures, of course..............................and then I praised God for His wonderful creation........even though it scared the pants off me! The irony was that when I went out I swept the garden with the torch looking for foxes or cats that would jump out but it was Herbert that scared me, slightly! My rationale for it being Herbert is that it was quite big so maybe a daddy hedgehog. Or maybe they are like frogs and the female is a big mama while the male is small! Who knows. All I knows is that it was well worth delaying a curry for!!!!

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p.s I hope he/she doesn't eat tadpoles!

p.p.s In the bottom two pics you can see the ickle black nose!