Welcome to badger watch

Arising phoenix like from the ashes of the late RSPB community forums comes Badger Watch.

​A little history. My other half and I take a three mile walk most every morning along country paths around where we live: somewhere near Wokingham. We've often seen interesting holes in one bank along a small section of path. I even put a trail cam out a few years ago and saw badgers walking through the area. The trail cam also revealed plenty of rabbits.

I had always assumed the holes in the bank were caused by rabbits, as they appeared too small to be badger setts. Until, one day, I realised there were signs of bedding (straw) being dragged into a sett hole.

Out went a trail cam, which almost immediately picked up photos and videos of a badger. A few weeks passed and it soon became evident there were more than one badgers present. Finally, my trail cam filmed to badgers (christened Scratch (male) and Scrawny Tail (female) mating. This went on for a week and a half, and then stopped.

Since then, there have been no further signs of mating, but plenty of grooming, anal rubbing, play fighting, rough and tumble, and other activities pertaining to a couple bonding. Of late, there has been even more signs of the female gathering bedding (straw), as much as two or three times a week, but mostly once. 

More posts will follow as I start using this blog, and finish my long running landscaping of our garden.