Two entrances left of main entrance. 28th December 2025

In what is likely to be the last update of 2025, I have found two sett entrances left of the main sett entrance. We'll call these Upper left and Lower left.
Upper left is in use; I've had a trail cam on it for a week.

We've known of Lower left for some months, but it never seemed in use. About three days ago, we noticed that it had been dug out. I managed to get a trail cam on it today.

I put my ancient Apeman onto the Upper left hole, as I wasn't 100% sure it was in use. Although the trail cam has appalling resolution, it does keep chugging on when other trail cams have failed, and it does sufficiently well to show badgers entering and leaving the Upper left hole.

Like this. I've no idea what the boar thought he was doing with the sow.

A minute later, the sow pushes her way out. The main sett is way to the right of this entrance. I reckon there is at least one chamber between this hole and the main entrance.

Sadly, I only fitted a 4GB SD card into my Apeman trail cam, which then filled up quickly. This meant it missed three days of action. Which is a shame, as there are signs the badgers did further digging of this entrance as well as bringing in bedding.

The main sett entrance was a hive of activity this past week. Both badgers engaged in extensive excavations of this entrance, and I believe the female brought in huge amounts of bedding. I'm not sure where this bedding is going. The main sett (to the right of the main entrance) must be getting pretty full.

By the looks of things, I believe that while both badgers appear to be using the right chamber, it's possible the sow is reserving it for herself and any future brood. This might explain the excavations around the left entrance - chambers need clearing out for the boar.

My only slight concern is that once again there appears to be no sightings of the boar since about 25th of December i.e. Christmas day. However, it is getting slightly more difficult to tell the two animals apart, as the sow appears to have put on weight and/or grown. I can just about tell them apart when they enter the sett entrance - the boar fills it.  The other reason for not seeing the boar for a day or two is that there are the two other entrances he can use.

Now for a bit of fun. The boar crashed out after extensive excavations. I must admit I've never seen a badger do this befor.