Experts said they have noticed a 'worrying trend' of pumpkins being left in the countryside in a 'well-meaning but misguided attempt' to provide food for birds and other wildlife
"Feeding pumpkins, or any other food in the forest, to birds, foxes, badgers, deer, and boar can make them unwell and can spread disease.
"People think they're doing a good thing by not binning them in landfill and instead leaving them for nature. Instead, people are being urged to turn their pumpkin into soup or even into a birdfeeder - or add to the garden compost.Trevor Weeks from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service said hedgehogs spend autumn and early winter building up their"fat reserves for hibernation"."Although not toxic to them the fleshy fibrous fruit can cause stomach upsets and diarrhoea as they are not designed to eat large quantities of fruit.
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