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 [...]
Archive for July 5th, 2008
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 »
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 [...]