DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
I know we get Badgers in our garden on a regular basis but I got a bit of a surprise last night. Normally they appear well after we've gone to bed in the early hours, as I can sometimes hear them and often get up and watch them with help from the moonlight.
I went round the side of the house to get to the back garden at around 22.15 last night to get something off the line. I had a very bright torch as we're nowhere near any street lamps, as I got round the back I was confronted by a Badger eating the chopped Apples I had put out earlier. It had it's back to me and was no more than 20ft away. I stood there for a while with the torch shining right on him and he didn't mind one bit. I even had time to run back into the house and get my partner to have a look which she thought was amazing. But when it turned round and saw us both there it ran off pretty quickly.
Is this normal behaviour for a Badger? I thought Badgers were like Foxes-very wary of humans. I have only ever been close to one on a country lane in the car, but to see one so close up and for it not to be too scared of me either was quite something.
Calling all you Badger experts out there.
Billy Boy
I went round the side of the house to get to the back garden at around 22.15 last night to get something off the line. I had a very bright torch as we're nowhere near any street lamps, as I got round the back I was confronted by a Badger eating the chopped Apples I had put out earlier. It had it's back to me and was no more than 20ft away. I stood there for a while with the torch shining right on him and he didn't mind one bit. I even had time to run back into the house and get my partner to have a look which she thought was amazing. But when it turned round and saw us both there it ran off pretty quickly.
Is this normal behaviour for a Badger? I thought Badgers were like Foxes-very wary of humans. I have only ever been close to one on a country lane in the car, but to see one so close up and for it not to be too scared of me either was quite something.
Calling all you Badger experts out there.
Billy Boy