Badger
webcam, courtesy of wildlink.org
(during the day try our owlcam
instead)
Click
on the images above for a larger picture
(This camera is only live at dusk in the UK
- approximately 9pm - 11.30pm)
BADGER FACTFILE
Most
badgers have a characteristic black and white striped face
with small white-tipped ears and a grey body.
The
badger is a stocky animal, being about 750mm in length (from
head to tail), with a 150mm tail, once fully grown. .
The
weight of an adult badger varies throughout the year - depending
on how much fat it has laid down for the winter months.
In spring an adult badger will have an average weight of
8 to 9 kg, rising to 11 to 12 kg in autumn.
Badgers
are very tidy animals. They spend a lot of time transporting
grass, straw, moss or bracken to and from their sleeping chambers
deep in the sett.
Setts are handed down like family houses from generation
to generation, and the badger uses the same sett year after
year.
When
enlarging a tunnel a badger will loosen the earth with rapid
strokes of its forelimbs, and then use its claws as rakes.
