JetSet Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Not the greatest quality but..... Fairly frequent visitors to our garden but first time I've seen this many at once. Pete 2 Quote
The Chubby Ninja Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Are they badgers? I've never seen one in real life Quote
Humpy Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 You have a whole set of them there Pete. They noisey buggers? Quote
Baidan Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Maybe foxes dressed as badgers, Just saying.... Quote
GMballistic Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 That's cool Pete ~ not a common sight for most people. Quote
Kev Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 We have semi urban badgers aswell as foxes now. They're massive. Like a medium sized dog with no legs. Weird site running along a street. Quote
Jp606 Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 We used to feed the badgers in our garden every night, but haven't seen any for a few years. Quote
Randy_Baton Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 We have semi urban badgers aswell as foxes now. They're massive. Like a medium sized dog with no legs. Weird site running along a street. They have got legs you just can't see them because of the baggy pants. (URBAN JOKE) Quote
Linus27 Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 We used to feed the badgers in our garden every night, but haven't seen any for a few years. We used to do that as well as foxes. It was pretty cool. Quote
JetSet Posted July 13, 2014 Author Posted July 13, 2014 That's cool Pete ~ not a common sight for most people. Very true, most people will go through their entire lives without seeing a live one. They started coming into our garden about 18 months ago but until last week I'd never seen more than one at a time. Despite living in a rural area with plenty of badgers about I've only ever seen 2 before last year and they have been in the early hours of the morning . They don't make much noise and don't worry the cats who go right up to them. Pete Quote
GMballistic Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 That's cool Pete ~ not a common sight for most people. Very true, most people will go through their entire lives without seeing a live one. They started coming into our garden about 18 months ago but until last week I'd never seen more than one at a time. Despite living in a rural area with plenty of badgers about I've only ever seen 2 before last year and they have been in the early hours of the morning . They don't make much noise and don't worry the cats who go right up to them. Pete Seen a Badger Sett before on my cousins farm in Lincolnshire years ago but never actually saw the Badgers. Actually never seen one in real life (only on the TV) so it's great for you that they're in your own back yard. Quote
Lyndzzz Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Very cool, we have one that visits, or at least they visit one at a time. Also a fox now the dogs no longer with us. Great picture though Quote
Stutopia Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Great snap. Only seen one the once in the wild, just me and the badger and dark lane. Don't let the cool outfits fool you, they're pretty hard in the indigenous UK mammal stakes. I stared it down, no big deal 1 Quote
Floydbax Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 Haha, coincidentally I just nearly ran over a vixen on my bike on the way home from the pub after the footie Mind you I was on the pavement (not safe to cycle on the road after a few beers - it IS the A50 ). See loads of foxes round here (animal variety I'm talking ) but rarely badgers these days. Quote
sipar69 Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Unfortunately you see quite a few dead at the side of the road. I'd love to see em live. We get plenty of foxes in SW London but don't tend to see badgers. Quote
350zedd Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Are you putting food down for them or are they searching for their favourite.....earthworms! Quote
tatooandy67 Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Good to see nature doing it's thing I live next to a park and some waste land but other than the occasional hedge hog all we see out of our windows are urban foxes and grey squirrels Quote
ChrisS Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Are you putting food down for them or are they searching for their favourite.....earthworms! They are under the bird feeders. 1 Quote
Vlad Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 When I went to uni - we usually had one walking around campus and it was massive...and I mean massive...the fattest bastard I ever seen so far Quote
JetSet Posted July 14, 2014 Author Posted July 14, 2014 Are you putting food down for them or are they searching for their favourite.....earthworms! They are under the bird feeders. Yes, they hoover up all the stuff that the birds drop. On top of that we put out just about every bit of food waste that we can, stale bread, food that the cats have left and remnants of our meals. Of course, the crows, magpies, jays and jackdaws will scoff some of it too and almost certainly foxes as well. Putting food out can attract vermin but I wouldn't expect anything from the size of a rabbit downwards to last too long with all the cats about We believe that these badgers are from a sett that is relatively new and I've got a rough idea of where it could be. There is an established and well documented sett about 600 yards away but this is on the other side of The A55 and it's suicide for badgers to cross it. Pete Quote
leonk Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 We have semi urban badgers aswell as foxes now. They're massive. Like a medium sized dog with no legs. Weird site running along a street. Walking the dog late at night I was convinced a neighbours house was being burgled by the noise in the dark when this damp great thing came scurrying out frightening the death out of me and a 10 stone Rotty! Quote
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