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Originally Posted by Words  I love badger encounters. Mainly I see them on the trail cam I set up in the garden to monitor our foxes. I was delighted the first time a badher put in an appearance. Those visits are getting more regular and on really lucky nights one of the badgers has appeared while I've been in the garden. Last night was exceptional. The sow showed up and stayed for three minutes eating peanuts while I took photos from about 12-15 feet away. And then, instead of retreating to the back of the garden, she decided to leave via the front, so had to come down the path past me, knowing that I was there.
It's always an absolute privilege to see these wonderful animals.
Here are a couple of photos (more on my blog). In the second picture she's sporting a nasty looking bite (presumably from another badger).   |
It's great when you can get close to them. I have a family of 5 visiting my garden, in an attempt to stop them digging up the garden quite so much I do feed them peanut butter sandwiches & peanuts now & then, a strategy that has had limited success! The older female seems quite unafraid of humans & will even come into my kitchen if the back door is ajar on warm evenings, it was quite a shock the first time it happened whilst I was watching a scary movie & the back door slowly swung open in the dark!
Although I live round the corner from woodland I think this particular clan are living in a neighbour's garden.