Spiky characters: Hedgehogs and Teasels

As Hedgehogs roam the British countryside looking for a place to nestle down and hibernate for the winter, we discuss how you can help them in your own gardens. Then we take a look at a favourite wildflower of ours that looks fantastic in any garden: the Teasel.

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Sightings

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/

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News

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Hedgehogs

https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/

https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/

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Teasel

Plantlife :: Teasel

Dipsacus fullonum | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)

Carnivory in the Teasel Dipsacus fullonum — The Effect of Experimental Feeding on Growth and Seed Set (nih.gov)

Is the common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) carnivorous or was Francis Darwin wrong? (cdnsciencepub.com)

Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores | Darwin Correspondence Project (darwinproject.ac.uk)

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174091

https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants400/Profiles/cd/Dipsacus

Dipsacus fullonum|common teasel/RHS Gardening

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