Photo taken on Jun 03, 2015

The headgegog was sitting in the bushes near the sauna. In fact, we knew that there is a hedgehog since 2010, but usually it was uncatchable. This one was probably very young: instead of quickly hiding under the sauna, it winded itself into a ball and attracted mom's attention by loud snorting. The hedgehog was caught for educational purpose — to show it to Max. Right after showing, we brought an apology, put it back were we took it, and let it go.

The hedgehog gave a couple of educational snorts (“do you hear, Max? Hedgehog — fff! fff!”), ate the apology with great appetite and went away to his home under the sauna. We saw it later in summer several times running across the lane from sauna to flowerbeds.

common hedgehog, European hedgehog, west european hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus