Harris Hedgehog is already being welcomed into homes across the UK. He loves to be a part of your celebrations. Here he is posing amongst the boxes and ribbons, looking very cute. Do you know somebody with a penchant for one of our most popular little mammals? Why not treat them?

By the way, the Harris Tweed on this card was handwoven at home on looms in the Hebridean islands of Harris and Lewis. In recent years, further south in those very same Western Isles, efforts to encourage an increase in the numbers of corncrakes have involved reducing the numbers of hedgehogs. As you might imagine, this was not universally popular as the animals were being eradicated rather than re-located by the agencies involved. As soon as word got out, being a nation of Mrs Tiggywinkle fans, lots of people started to question why the ornithologists couldn't achieve their worthy aims without persecuting the hedgehogs. Volunteers, including the Wildlife Hospital here in Ullapool, started to rescue these wild mammals and release them over on the mainland. Sentimental and misguided? Responsible and compassionate?

Whatever you think, the poor old hedgehog remains a favourite sight in our gardens and childhood story-books. Incidentally, the little chaps also feature on the Harris family crest!

You'll find Harris Hedgehog along with lots of other picture cards and floral cards on the gallery pages of this site. How can you resist?