Small animals in Britain on Postage Stamps.

An all time favourite of mine is this stip of five stamps issued in 1977.

We have had a hibernating hedgehog in our garden once. Now the only time we see one is when it has become ‘roadkill’.

We see grey squirrels visiting our bird feeders waiting for seeds to be dropped. I’ve never seen a red one.

There are no hares in the local fields. I think they have been driven away by all the house building developments that no-one wants.

I have never seen a live badger – just a sett in Cornwall.

I not aware of any otters in our local rivers but have a vague memory of otter hunts on the village rivers in Rutland where I was a boy many years ago.