Brock's back

Brock's back

Just a quickie, walking the dogs today it would appear that badger have finally returned to my area after nearly 30yrs absence.

Nice and fresh badger poop

Although there has always been one or two loners about occupying safe rock setts they have never really appeared to be doing well merely just existing. Today however, I am heartened by the evidence on display. Plenty of tracks, latrines, well worn trails, fresh digging and bedding and some classic hair samples trapped on the barb wire fences.



Badger hairs on the fence lines where trails intersected

This despite years of abuse, in the last two years there has even been some digging into the cliffs with machinery but fingers crossed they are back and they will stay and spread as there are still the remnants of nearly ten setts in the locally all dug out by largely bored miners during the pit strike.

On a sour note there was a dead vixen where I watched cubs last year, doesnt look suspicious just strange and somehow un-necessary I must be getting old and soft I just felt really sad looking at her, still there may be some badger cubs to look forward to.

Dead vixen, the location bares the scars of many years interference