A fair chance you've never seen one of these rare nocturnal beasts which hide in British gardens.

The European hedgehog is a timid creature, and avoids human contact where it can. This makes the sight of a Leucistic or 'blonde' hedgehog an exceptionally rare one. The blonde hedgehog differs from the albino hedgehog, because its cream colouring is due to a recessive gene which gives them a light colour, rather than a deficiency of melanin. The albino hedgehog has red or pink eyes, whereas the blonde has brown or black eyes. Blonde hedgehogs are common on the Channel Island of Alderney.

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television wildlife programme Wild North, presented by Kim Inglis. In the first part of the programme a report on the Shiremoor Hedgehog Hospital that provides medical help for injured and orphaned hedgehogs. The second report is on a nature reserve and meadow at Thrislington in County Durham which was created 20 years previous by having another site moved piece by piece. The meadow in an important wildlife reserve for a number of important plant and animals including glow worms, which are seen in the meadow, the most northerly point in the UK.

After the break, a report on wildlife sound recordist Simon Elliott who records the conversations of a colony of Kittiwakes near Craster in Northumberland. He also records the sounds of limpets in rock pools on the beach eating. The final report is on wildlife artist James Alder, who is helping to build artificial Kingfisher nests at Gosforth Park Nature Reserve near Newcastle.