Badgers

[JonathanD]

yes the UK has a large population, despite regular " culls", Your're lucky, you seem to be in a wildlife rich part of the country, badgers are nocturnal, & very cautious, if they smell the least trace of us they won't come out to play. & also they wander about while most of us are fast asleep, They can be easily "tamed" with food as some people have stated, but those living in remote areas usually keep well clear of humans...........despite their bulky apperance they can move & run very fast & making little noise

I take the missus and a five year old female-noise-monster to see the badgers at our local sett. Great to watch them in the wild, but you do have to plan everything perfectly so they don't smell or hear you. They are hilarious to watch. Proper comedy animals. For such a rufty-tufty animal, they make the daftest of noises. Yeah, they run fast, but look so silly when they do. They crack me up.

 

[Whittler Kev]

I've seen loads our way lately. Unfortunately not very active as they wandered in front of a moving vehicle . At one spot on the way to work I saw two. First one morning that someone had put on the side of the road. Next morning there were two there.

 

[JonathanD]

Badgers pay a heavy toll on the roads, they are blinded by the head lights & don't have time to react, many deaths could be avoided especially on country or secondary roads, but some ******** just carry on driving.

And when the clocks go forward or back, the rush hours change and no one tells the badgers.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

They are also partial to tinned dog food! a bit later in the year you will often see the youngsters playing and exploring in broad daylight, they don't seem to realise they are supposed to be nocturnal!! lovely creatures, i hope you get to see them.

yeah, fox cubs too can be seen playing during the day......child rebellion.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

While discussing badgers do you know why they are called boars & sows.............in the past, they used to be eaten, the back legs were cured, a sort of poor mans ham. Apparently they did taste like pork,.............sandwich anyone ?