One of my main shopping aims this year is to only purchase items that are useful, multi purpose or they must have a charitable element to them. So look away now if you know me in real life as if you get s gift from me this year it will most likely be this hedgehog notebook and pen from The British Hedgehog Preservation Society. After cats hedgehogs are my favourite animals. I was thrilled to finally see one in my garden last year and I now have 3 hog houses, several feeders and a selection of hog food and water for my discerning guests. When I started researching what I should feed them I was horrified to see that the hedgehog population has declined by 90% since the 1950s and they will be gone within the next 10 years unless this decline is reversed.
Founded in 1982 The British Hedgehog Preservation Society is a charity which offers help, advice and support to finders of sick and injured hogs and can provide a list of volunteer rehab centres that they can be taken to (most centres can be followed on Twitter and there has some heart warming and sad cases). TBHPS is dedicated to preserving, helping and protecting hedgehogs and they have a reasonably priced gift shop.
I chose the A5 hedgehog notebook (£3), which is designed by RieDesigned. I love her products and have reviews them several times in my blog. The notebook pages are blank, there are 36 pages, it measures 15x21cms, it is made from recycled paper and is designed and made in the UK. The print is adorable and the notebook is the perfect size for jotting down lists and notes etc.
The ball point pen (£1) is the society pen. It comes with black ink. I find it comfortable to hold as the grip is cushioned. It clips securely on my notebook and the pair make a useful, thoughtful gift.
TBHPS web shop has a range of relatively inexpensive gifts which are cute and thoughtful. Even if you do not purchase anything please leave bowls of water (low bowls as they can’t move their necks), hog food or kitten biscuits as they are currently waking up from hibernation and there is little or no suitable food around for them at the moment. If your garden is locked in think about installing a hedgehog corridor so they can widen their territory and also use animal friendly gardening items and check before you strim - there may be a hog asleep under that bush or leaves and strummers kill or can inflict horrific injuries. If you see a hog out in the day it is not cute it needs help so please catch it, don’t feed it and contact your local hog rescue for advice. Finally don’t feed the meal worm, bread and milk, nuts etc as they can kill them. You may not see hogs in your garden as they are shy and nocturnal so watch out for their poo!!
I purchased these items myself and the views expressed in my blog are my own.
The items are available Here.
