Picture the scene. It’s been dark for an hour. I’m perched on a branch of an oak tree, fifteen feet off the ground. I’ve long since lost any feeling in my legs but my backside feels bruised where the branch has cut into it. I shift the weight from one buttock to another to try [...]
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Fieldnotes: 1st November 2011 – More Frustration at the Hawthorn Sett
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger watching, badgers on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
An Autumn Day at the Lake
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger! on October 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A Greek legend describes how Milo of Croton performed a famous feat of strength by carrying a fully grown bull on his shoulders. He did this by first picking up the bull when it was a new-born calf. Every day, he would pick up the calf and carry it. As the bull grew in size, [...]
Fieldnotes: 1st October 2011 – A fine summer evening of badger watching – in October!
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged autumn, badger cub, badger watching, badgers, squirrel on October 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s been a confusing day. It’s October, but it’s felt like July. The hottest day in October ever, apparently. Mrs BWM and Scarlett are away, so I’ve been doing what any man would do – cutting the grass, tidying the vegetable beds and visiting plumbing shops. And, what with it being such a nice day, [...]
Fieldnotes: 7th September 2011 – The Red Squirrels of Newborough Forest
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged Anglesey, Newborough Forest, North Wales, red squirrel, squirrel on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All things begin and end on Albion’s ancient, rocky, druid shore William Blake I’m on holiday on Anglesey at the moment. We arrived at the same time as the tail end of Hurricane Irene from across the atlantic, which means that the island is being lashed by rain and strong winds, adding a touch [...]
Fieldnotes: 20th August 2011 – Thoughts on Badgers Feeding
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badgers, diet, hazelnuts, sloes on August 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
On Saturday night Mrs BWM kindly offered to put Scarlett to bed, so I seized the chance to pop up to the wood. I jumped into my camouflage clothes, crammed a crust of bread and a piece of cheese into my pocket for supper, and headed off. Summer is marching on into autumn now. The [...]
Fieldnotes: 6th August 2011 – Badger Cub!
Posted in Fieldnotes, Video, tagged badger, badger cub, badger sett, buzzard, Video on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday evening was warm without being oppressive, with a light breeze blowing. Around the world financial markets crashed. Tanks rolled down Syrian streets. London was in flames as rioters burned and looted. And me? I walked up to the wood to watch badgers. The wheat in the wheat fields is ripe now. The badgers are [...]
Fieldnotes: 3rd July 2011 – Back Again
Posted in Fieldnotes on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hmmm. It seems I’ve been neglecting my badgers a bit lately. Sorry about that. Some sort of explanation is in order, I shouldn’t wonder. I’ve been busy again. A few weekends ago I went down to Avebury in Wiltshire for the solstice (it was rubbish – the National Trust closed all the car parks and [...]
Fieldnotes: 29th May 2011 – Back in Blighty
Posted in Fieldnotes on May 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
OK. I’m back from holiday. It’s been a warm evening, although a little windy, so I took a quick trip up to the main badger sett in the hope of seeing more badgers and hopefully some cubs. I arrived a little late – 8.05pm – and luckily I sneaked into the area of the sett [...]
Fieldnotes: 8th May 2011 – The Other Side of the Hill
Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged badger setts on May 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
“When I was in Muckley the other day–” “Muckley? That’s a ways” “Two miles or more, easy” “Gosh, I’d like to travel someday…” Jabberwocky Various work and family commitments kept me at home in the evenings this weekend but I managed to sneak out on Sunday morning for another look for badger setts. I didn’t [...]
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