As long as I have been interested in all the things nature, one mammal has always had an aura around it with it being so very elusive. Nocturnal and only coming out of it's sett after dark, the chances of seeing and observing Badger are quite small. Persecution by farmers and baited by undesirables known badger setts are now normally kept quiet and only whispered of between people who have their best interests at heart.
Accepting all this, i knew that my only chance to see a Badger in the wild would be to make the effort and visit a know sett during an all night vigil. However on Monday all this was to change..
Visiting one of my haunts for nature photography (at the request of the 'owners' of the site I am not naming it on here) i had settled down to photograpgh birds feeding and to see what birds were passing through the site....then...out of the corner of my eye, something moved, the bushes rustled and out into view ambled....
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| ...my first ever Badger |
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| this appeared to be a juvenile...it spent a long time happly 'snouting' around |
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| Keeping quiet and still i was able to 'capture' this most elusive of British mammals |
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| It is VERY unusual behaviour for them to be above ground during the day in bright sunlight. I thought at first there may be something wrong with this individual coming out into the open....then another one joined it! The two of them happily played and snacked before disappearing back to the sett leaving one happy photographer! |
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| A lovely sight, i'm sure you will agree. |
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| It's Dragon fly season. They are all just hatching and as well as lots of Damsel flies i spotted this rather large 'Four spotted chaser' They would not stay still long enough to switch to a macro lens for a really good close up but this shot is ok. |
Right, I'm off to France for a week. Back Saturday 16th June so look out for my next updates shortly after. If I get a signal in France i'll post updates of what I'm up to.
Good luck to the England boys in the Euro's, I'll be cheering the lads on against France and Sweden from a French bar...let's hope that 'entente cordial' remains!
Au revoir
Those badger pics are fantastic! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment about the pics, much appreciated. Iwas very privileged to see them let alone get the opportunity to take some not so bad pics!
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