Secret lives of badgers revealed

***Chocky*** · 14-02-2008, 05:39 PM

The subterranean secrets of badgers have been revealed by a BBC film crew.

Over two years, tiny cameras placed deep underground recorded the comings and goings of a wild badger family.

While the animals have been well studied outside of their setts, until now, little has been known about their behaviour while underground.

Never-before-seen behaviour was filmed, including the badgers diligently making their beds each evening before leaving the setts for a night of foraging.

The crew also captured newborn cubs on camera, as well as grooming and fighting between the older animals.

The footage was recorded for a BBC Natural World wildlife programme.

About 300,000 badgers live across Britain, their tracks and trails criss-cross the countryside, yet they are rarely seen.

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**andy b** · 14-02-2008, 08:56 PM

i posted the thread about anglesey today, chocky. your article just reminded me that on our drive to anglesey from preston, there was a stretch of road, somewhere between the A494 and the A55 (near queensferry) that we noticed alot of roadkill badgers. the first one we spotted we thought it was a very large dead dog. then we saw another...then another.
we deliberatetly watched out for them on the way back home. over a stretch of, i'd say, around a mile and a half to two miles, we counted THIRTEEN dead badgers on the hard shoulder. an unusually high amount i would have thought.
there must have been a stronghold of badgers in that area.... though would that still be the case with all that roadkill???

p.s. iv'e seen badger sets before, down in cornwall, but never been lucky enough to see live badgers.

***Chocky*** · 14-02-2008, 09:03 PM

That is a very large amount of road kills. Seams most strange.

Unfortunately I have never seen a badger

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andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i posted the thread about anglesey today, chocky. your article just reminded me that on our drive to anglesey from preston, there was a stretch of road, somewhere between the A494 and the A55 (near queensferry) that we noticed alot of roadkill badgers. the first one we spotted we thought it was a very large dead dog. then we saw another...then another. we deliberatetly watched out for them on the way back home. over a stretch of, i'd say, around a mile and a half to two miles, we counted THIRTEEN dead badgers on the hard shoulder. an unusually high amount i would have thought. there must have been a stronghold of badgers in that area.... though would that still be the case with all that roadkill??? p.s. iv'e seen badger sets before, down in cornwall, but never been lucky enough to see live badgers.

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