The footage opens inside a flooded garden centre, where muddy water covers the floor and toppled pots, spilled soil and seed displays are scattered everywhere. Rain beats against the front windows as the water keeps rising.

On a dirty checkout counter, just above the floodwater, a small hedgehog sits curled low. Wet, tense and surrounded by mud, it watches as a rescuer in a tan firefighter style jacket and black gloves slowly moves closer.

The rescuer reaches out with both hands, careful and unhurried, mindful of the hedgehog’s spines. The little animal stays still, its eyes fixed on the camera, as the gloved hands gently support it and lift it from the muddy counter. Water drips from its coat and soil smears across the surface it leaves behind.

In the final moments, the rescuer turns toward the safer exit, holding the hedgehog securely while floodwater swirls below. Behind them, flowers and seed racks remain half submerged in the storm damaged shop.

It is a quiet rescue, with no dramatic rush, just patience, gentle hands and perfect timing. For one small hedgehog stranded in the middle of a flood, those few careful seconds made all the difference.