Just to follow on from the last post, here’s another of the tracks I believe were made by a stoat. This one was obviously made when the mud was very soft or even under water, as it lacks details of the claws etc. The shape, particularly of the rear pad, is very similar to the [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Another stoat track
Posted in That's not a badger!, Tracking, tagged stoat, track, Tracking on August 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fieldnotes: 25th August 2008 – Tracking
Posted in Fieldnotes, Tracking, tagged stoat, Tracking, tracks on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As an antidote to my increasingly desparate attempts to watch badgers, I’ve spent the afternoon having a gentle stroll around the area, tracking wildlife and picking blackberries. I’m really getting into tracking at the moment. As well as being a fascinating activity in it’s own right, it offers a window into the movements of all [...]
Fieldnotes: 23rd August 2008 – Tree-hugger!
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger watching, tree on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent the evening hugging a tree. And no, it wasn’t a joyful spiritual experience. As I mentioned in the last post, the badgers have taken up residence in the overgrown craters at the centre of the site, which means that they are practically invisible from anywhere on the outside. In order to get a [...]
Fieldnotes: 22nd August 2008 – Dude, where’s my badger?
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger watching, badgers, binoculars, sett on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once again I’ve been neglecting my badgers. Or leaving them in peace, depending on your perspective. I actually had a little trip up to the wood last weekend, but although I could hear the badgers, I couldn’t see them. Let me explain. The sett itself is on a small rise in the ground There is [...]
Fieldnotes: 9th August 2008 – Nice weather for frogs
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged bader watching, badgers, frog, sett on August 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What madness is this? It’s been raining all day. It’s raining now. I’m sitting on a rotten log underneath a tall oak tree, and everything is wet. There’s only one dry space in the entire wood, and that’s the three inches under the brim of my hat. I’m sharing this dry space with what seems [...]
Fieldnotes: 2nd August 2008 – A late night excursion
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged badger, feeding, hedgehog on August 3, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Having failed to see any badgers in the evening, I decided to take another approach. I was confident that the badgers feed in a large pasture field next to the wood, and it’s always been at the back of my mind to take a trip up there one night and see if I can spot [...]
Fieldnotes: 2nd August 2008 – Mapping badger dung
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badgers, dung, latrine sites, sett, territory, Tracking on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I seem to have developed an unhealthy interest in badger dung. Let me explain. When I first started watching badgers, I made a conscious decision to stick with one sett and focus on that. There are at least two, possibly three, other setts that I know of (or strongly suspect) in the local area, although [...]
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