Tonight I thought I'd take a visit to a badger set for the first time in ages. I live in a different town now but I decided to take the 40 minute drive over to see how things were these days.
The route I'd planned to get there would hopefully let me catch a glimpse of some Sika I've seen lately and if the wind was right I could even spot a badger or two if I was lucky. As it happens it took me a while to find the set again and I'd stood on that many twigs and made too much noise I was never going to see anything.
I was a little worried at what I might find tonight as I hacked my way through the bracken and brambles, but to my joy I stumbled across what still looks like a very active set
A few pics ....
The walk in
As I turned the corner to hopefully see the Sika I was met with these ladies instead
I was going to sit a while and see if any deer turned up, but I thought the cows would keep them away so I cut back into the trees and followed some tracks.
I found a few flattened down areas where they'd obviously been earlier but no sightings. Another check of the wind direction and I set off towards the badger set.
Kuksa anyone ?
After fighting my way through shoulder high bracken and tangled bramble I found the area where I thought the set was. The ground was bare so something was obviously munching the new bracken shoots.
Then I found these .....
At least six very active holes so it would appear there's still a good sized family living there.
I had a quick look round and then made myself scarce, I wasn't going to see any tonight as I was like a bull in a china shop trying to find the set earlier.
I am going to blag a 400mm lens off a guy at work and go back for some shots one night soon though.
I was even treated to a rainbow on the walk back to the car.
Even though I didn't see any deer or badgers tonight I'm still well chuffed
The route I'd planned to get there would hopefully let me catch a glimpse of some Sika I've seen lately and if the wind was right I could even spot a badger or two if I was lucky. As it happens it took me a while to find the set again and I'd stood on that many twigs and made too much noise I was never going to see anything.
I was a little worried at what I might find tonight as I hacked my way through the bracken and brambles, but to my joy I stumbled across what still looks like a very active set
A few pics ....
The walk in
As I turned the corner to hopefully see the Sika I was met with these ladies instead
I was going to sit a while and see if any deer turned up, but I thought the cows would keep them away so I cut back into the trees and followed some tracks.
I found a few flattened down areas where they'd obviously been earlier but no sightings. Another check of the wind direction and I set off towards the badger set.
Kuksa anyone ?
After fighting my way through shoulder high bracken and tangled bramble I found the area where I thought the set was. The ground was bare so something was obviously munching the new bracken shoots.
Then I found these .....
At least six very active holes so it would appear there's still a good sized family living there.
I had a quick look round and then made myself scarce, I wasn't going to see any tonight as I was like a bull in a china shop trying to find the set earlier.
I am going to blag a 400mm lens off a guy at work and go back for some shots one night soon though.
I was even treated to a rainbow on the walk back to the car.
Even though I didn't see any deer or badgers tonight I'm still well chuffed
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