Since this is my first post, I feel I should give an account of how my badger-watching career began. I moved out of London and into the country about five years ago. Another thirty-something professional in search of the good life. I have always enjoyed being out in the countryside: I grew up in a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
In the beginning…
Posted in Background, tagged badger, deer, wildlife on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Fieldnotes: 25th May 2008 – A rainy day and a Muntjac fawn
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged deer, fawn, muntjac, rain on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spurred on by yesterday’s fine display of badger antics I decided to go up to the wood again last night. Unfortunately the dark clouds of yesterday evening had turned into a heavy rain, so much so that there was a severe weather warning over much of England. I was interested to see whether badgers are [...]
Fieldnotes: 24th May 2008 – Badger cubs at play
Posted in Fieldnotes, Video, tagged badger, bedding, cub, cubs, play, scent, Video, wind on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A skylark was singing over the fields as I walked up to the wood, and a cuckoo ‘cuckoo’d’ as I walked back, so I suppose it must be nearly summer, but with a chill wind and towering black clouds it felt more like February than late May. But I shouldn’t complain about the wind. A [...]