Celebrate National Red Squirrel Week - Win a Squirrel Feeder & Food (CLOSED)

Submitted by tpf_kirsty on Mon, 2015-09-28 07:15

Hello everyone!  How was your weekend, any nice wins to report?  A few nice bits and pieces here including a Playmobil set which I will squirrel away for my youngest at Christmas, a Dreamworks magazine from Sun Perks, a bottle of Headrin head lice treatment (not glamorous but practical all the same) and a cuddly owl toy from a Twitter comp!  The Christmas cupboard has begun at least, and I am seeing lots of fab Christmas competitions already.  Have you started comping for Christmas?

Autumn has certainly arrived here on the island and we have been enjoying some lovely weekend walks along the coastline, on the cliffs and through the woods.  One thing we are never short of here on the Isle of Wight is beautiful scenery and wildlife!  In particular as a family we are huge fans of squirrels, and red ones especially.  In point of fact there are no grey squirrels here on the Island and it is an offence to introduce greys to the Island – it is a conservation habitat for red squirrels.  Red squirrels are much more timid and difficult to spot than greys we have found, and like to play hide and seek when you try and take their photo in the woods. 

Did you know there is even a National Red Squirrel Week?  Well there is and it is this week: 28th September – 4th October 2015.  Across the country people are being asked to get involved with projects set up to help our furry, nut-loving friends.  Head over to The Red Squirrel Week page at the Wildlife Trust website and find out how you can get involved locally in conservation projects and activities. 

In celebration of this important week here at The PrizeFinder we are giving away a fabulous squirrel-themed bundle in our monthly competition, open exclusively to members.  I will choose one winner at random after the closing date of Sunday 4th October 2015 at 23:59 who will receive a flip top heavy duty wooden squirrel feeder and 6kg of squirrel food from Ark Wildlife – perfect for helping your local squirrel friends through the cold months to come!  The durable timber squirrel feeder features a platform for the squirrels to sit on, lifting the lid to retrieve the food.  The specially formulated squirrel food includes sunflower seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and no wheat fillers – certain to keep the squirrels coming back to your garden time after time and off the bird feeders too!  To join in simply leave me a comment below and tell me what your favourite garden visitor is, be it a bird or an animal – obviously mine would be a red squirrel or maybe a hedgehog.  You need to be registered with The PrizeFinder and logged into your account to enter; one entry per person and one winner will be chosen at random.

Happy comping and lots of Lucky Dust to you all!

Kirsty x

 

Terms & Conditions

 

  • The prize is a Flip Top wooden squirrel feeder and 6kg of squirrel food from Ark Wildlife
  • The closing date for entries is 23:59 on Sunday 4th October 2015.
  • Open to UK residents aged 18 or over
  • Entrants must be registered PrizeFinder users and logged in to their account
  • Entrants must leave a comment on the blog answering the question “What is your favourite garden visitor?"
  • Only one entry per person
  • One winner will be chosen at random from all entries
  • The winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the closing date, and must confirm their postal address within 28 days or an alternative winner will be selected

 

 

Comments

Submitted by Supersonicwoman on Sun, 2015-10-04 18:28

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My favourite garden visitor is our little hedgehog whom we have had visiting for years now. Often early evening in the darker evenings we see him tiddling along and then he comes and eats the birds food, sultanas, bread and water and some fat balls, too. We are certain never to leave milk out for him as we had an unwell one earlier in the year, and he was out in the daytime and we think it was because he drank some milk left out for our cats.......they are milk intolerant, I did not know that until the lady from the RSPCA came and made him well again. xx Thanks for the lovely comp!

Submitted by tete1 on Sun, 2015-10-04 19:26

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We've go a hedgehog that lives under our shed we call Harry bless him we make sure there are plenty of dry leaves etc for him and leave him special hedgehog food out

Submitted by tete1 on Sun, 2015-10-04 19:26

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We've go a hedgehog that lives under our shed we call Harry bless him we make sure there are plenty of dry leaves etc for him and leave him special hedgehog food out

Submitted by Dcpw on Sun, 2015-10-04 22:45

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My favourite is probably the pair of Jays that visit occasionally. We also have a woodpecker that we hear regularly but have never seen, squirrels that play tag up and down the tree next door, and according to an expert in animal calls there are very shy deer at night on the train embankment we back onto. All this in Clapton, East London!

Submitted by witpl on Sun, 2015-10-04 23:04

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Definitely a squirrel. Unfortunately the local ones are grey and not red though. We were in Washington on holiday recently and saw a black squirrel in the park by the White House. Didn't even know they existed! Also, whilst he definitely wasn't a welcome visitor I recently saw a fox crossing the lane by us. It is the first one I have ever seen and I was amazed at its beauty.

Submitted by tpf_kirsty on Mon, 2015-10-05 09:20

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Thank you all for your entries. This competition is now CLOSED - watch out for the winner being announced and for a new competition later this month!
Kirsty x