Last night as I sat relaxing Sooty came up to me telling me a tale,I went with him towards the kitchen thinking he had eaten the food I had put out for him. Instead he jumped on the the window sill and away he went. Thinking it was another of his games I sat down again.A minute or so later he returned and repeated the process. I looked out of the window and could see a dark shape down by the fruit bushes so I went and had a look. It was a hedgehog tucking into what appeared to be a chunk of the cat food I had dished up . Checking in the kitchen sure enough there was a piece missing. Sooty had been trying to tell me that a strange creature was stealing his food.
This was a regular occurrence a few years ago and once I found an adult and two babies in the kitchen mooching around but I haven't spotted them for a good while. Tonight I will take some food an water out for him and leave it where he disappeared into the bushes.