On my reconnaissance of the Pine Tree sett a few weeks ago I identified three separate holes spread out a hundred or so yards apart along a line roughly north-south. I’ve watched at the southern hole a couple of times but seen no badgers, and I’ve seen a single badger both times I’ve watched at [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Fieldnotes: 12th June 2009 – Badger, singular
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger, sett on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fieldnotes: 7th June 2009 – The bark eating mystery solved?
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged badger, squirrel on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had been getting a little perplexed by the behaviour of my badgers; in particular I was worried that they had been driven to eat bark by the recent dry weather. However, the more I looked at the problem, the less sure I became. Thanks very much to everyone who shared their experience with me [...]
Fieldnotes: 7th June 2009 – A wasps’ nest dug out by badgers
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger, wasps nest on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The hot dry spell ended with a vengeance on Sunday. I went for my customary walk at 7.00am and the rain was torrential. I splashed happily through the rivers of rainwater that were running down the road. I went for a walk more out of habit than in any hopes of seeing any wildlife. I [...]
Fieldnotes: 6th June 2009 – This riddle winds itself ever deeper
Posted in Fieldnotes, Thoughts and Musings, tagged badger, dung, nest on June 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
OK. Time to bare my soul a little. Most people in Britain have never seen a badger. Many have seen a dead badger by the side of the road, but few ever see a live one. Of those that do, I suspect that most are content to enjoy the experience, to enjoy the badger as [...]
Birdwatching – 2nd June 2009
Posted in Birds, That's not a badger!, tagged birdwatching, bullfinch, owl, robin, tawny owl on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Tuesday I went to the wood and, as recorded below, I didn’t see any badgers. In the absence of badgers, I spent the evening watching birds, and I want to make some notes on these – hence the separate post. It always amazes me what you can see if you sit quietly and unobtrusively [...]
Fieldnotes: 2nd June 2009 – A good evening but no badgers
Posted in Fieldnotes on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday I watched the southern entrance of the Pine Tree sett without seeing any badgers. It looks as though there should be badgers in residence – there’s plenty of fresh spoil and well-used paths – so maybe it was just an odd coincidence that they came out late, or maybe I disturbed them somehow. [...]
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