WE'VE been pleased to see that National Nesting Box Week has included boxes for bats and hedgehogs as well as those for birds.

Hedgehogs are among our country's most charming wild creatures and are good friends to gardeners.

If you don't already have a hedgehog house in your garden and would like one, we supply ready-made boxes through our Hogalogue. The 'de luxe' model costs £24.99 (plus postage and packing), the economy home a mere £10.20 (plus p&p). The Hogalogue also has a large number of other Hedgehog gifts (for humans and hedgehogs). Membership of British Hedgehog Preservation Society costs only £7.50 a year for one person, £12.50 for a family or group. For a free copy of the Hogalogue and information about BHPS, send an A5 stamped, self-addressed envelope to the address below.

Many of your readers will know of the existence of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Others may be interested in its aims:

To encourage and give advice to the public about the care of Hedgehogs, particularly when injured, sick, orphaned, treated cruelly or in any danger;

To encourage the younger generation to value and respect our natural wildlife and, by supplying information and giving lectures, to foster their interest in hedgehogs.

Anyone who wishes to learn more about the society, its activities and the wide range of hedgehog goods which are sold should send a stamped addressed envelope to the address below.A H Coles

British Hedgehog

Preservation Society

Knowbury House

Shropshire, SY8 3LQ To fund serious research into the behavioural habits of Hedgehogs and to ascertain the best methods of assisting their survival.