This post continues my thoughts about watching badgers. I’ve examined my reasons for doing it, and so far I’ve discussed the fact that badgers are amongst the most striking and impressive wildlife to be seen in Britain (Part 1 – click here to jump to it). I also think that for those people who are [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Why watch badgers? Part 3 – The call of the wild
Posted in Thoughts and Musings, tagged badger watching on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fieldnotes: 26th July 2008 – Where have all the badgers gone?
Posted in Fieldnotes, Video, tagged badger, badger watching, badgers, bushcraft, muntjac, sett cubs on July 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
At last, the summer is back, and it’s been a long, hot day. Having done my chores in the garden, it was time for a trip to the woods for a spot of badger watching. “You’ve got to watch badgers”, I explained to my wife, “badgers need watching! If you don’t watch them, they’ll get [...]
Jam and the vegetable garden – an interlude
Posted in Background, tagged jam, vegetable garden on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK – I haven’t posted any wildlife-related activity for a couple of weeks, but the truth is that I’ve been very busy. Partly I’ve been busy at work, both at work itself and with some extra-curricular stuff too. I’m working towards some professional qualifications and they are taking up a fair bit of my time. [...]
Fieldnotes: 12th July 2008 – Disco badgers!
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger, badger watching, sett on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The summer monsoon weather has been continuing, with rain all week. I swear that the vegetables in my garden have all grown a foot since last weekend, and everywhere the plants are lush and green. On the downside, the fields are muddy and the roads have been flooded for half the time, but at least [...]
Fieldnotes: 6th July 2008 – Badger watching in a downpour, and ‘Nick’ the badger
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger, badger watching, cubs, sett on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was a miserable day for July, with gusting winds and intermittent rain, but I went up to the wood anyway, feeling guilty no doubt for being stuck in the house all day. Besides, I was curious to see if the badgers were back to normal after their unusual behaviour yesterday, and I was anxious [...]
Fieldnotes: 5th July 2008 – Odd behaviour from the badgers
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger, badger watching, cubs, sett on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I walked up the field to the wood it was apparent that the badgers have been feeding more on the wheat in the field. From the look of it, they trample down the stalks and then strip the grain from the heads. There were small patches of bent stalks and eaten heads of wheat [...]
Government stops badger cull
Posted in Thoughts and Musings, tagged badgers, bovine tb, cull on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The good news this week is the the government has abandoned plans for a badger cull as a response to Bovine TB. The sad news is that a badger cull was ever contemplated in the first place. I’ve mentioned before that badgers are the largest of the truly wild animals left in Britain. I honestly [...]
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