I live near a field and it's had Badgers in it for the 50 yrs I've lived her (since I was born) some yrs ago, or about the time of the badger culling, one of the sets had all the holes filled in with hard-core. I removed it all by hand which took me 3 hours and they seemed to be OK when I checked a few days later as you could see badgers activity around the set.

Thank you, Liam. A few years ago, in the town centre of Somerset's county town about midnight, where I bide, an adult badger strolled past. We exchanged respectful greetings, before he (I believe, he), sniffed the air, then gave me a 'knowing' look, before crossing the usually (but then quiet) very busy main drag (A38), and then going upon his/her busy way. A very soulful meeting, for me. Stay free. Rab 💚 🌠

We have several badgers visit every night. They like digestive biscuits, and peanuts. Always a privilege to see them turn up. Disgusted by badger culling

I love the badger. What a terrific UK wild mammal. Saw one early morning in the park - thought it was a cat at first, but when it started running, with its funny podgy body and black and white stripes. Great.

I knew of a badger set, we stumbled upon it by accident, it was just going dark and a family of about 5/6 came out of the set or sets. I was 22 and it was my first encounter of a badger in the wild.

Never used to see badgers up here in Fife Scotland, but now l see them regularly.

Wildlife is precious. Long may the harmless Badger be with us. Not so their persecutors !

Beautiful creatures, I love searching for setts and have discovered a few over the years, which I keep an eye on to make sure they stay safe. 🥰

Badgers adore bird peanuts and fat balls and will break into sheds and dustbins to get them. They are also easily able to work out food recycling bins even with a weigh on the top. Simple push the bin over to get rid of the weight then move the handle and then simply get your nose in to enter the bin.

I do love badgers and still hope to one day see them in the wild....

I can tell you a fact about badgers: You can NEVER rule anything out with badgers! Their hair is banded black and white making them look grey. Also, their hair shaft is triangular, so a badger hair rolled between your fingers won’t roll smoothly. Only a select few know how to kill hedgehogs. Also, the cubs most likely have different fathers in the same litter as the sows have something called ‘delayed implantation.’ From an active badger rescuer and has been to several full w/E badger conferences. Oh, and imo, I believe cattle give tb to the badgers and other species in the first place (badgers love to dig under cow pats for grubs and worms). My theory isn’t supported by gov scientists however.

That was very interesting, didn't know they catch and eat hedgehogs. ..wow....lol...had a badger in my garden last year, sniffing around some plant pots, amazing to see. Thanks for your work.

This Is so good Great video Bud!

I love your channel! It’s so informative! Thank you 🙏

Very interesting. On Saturday I was checking the trail cam I have set up at the bottom of my garden and found footage of a baby badger snooping about, which was nice.

More on badgers 🙏🏼 please. I have 3 badgers that visit my front garden most nights. I leave nuts and seedy bread out for them. I capture most of them on my ring system. Two let me watch from them from an open window. One is very skittish, as soon as the window opens he’s gone. 🦡🦡🦡 lol xx

Have loads of Badger runs were I live, really beautiful animals to watch I love all wild life and respect it all as it was there land before we took it over

My family were camping on shell island. A badger stolen all the food from the cool box in the awning. U could see the trail of food the next morning near the holes. Big Bertie and co had a full feast that evening.

I used to live in Northampton and I came a couple of badgers while walking back to my university campus while absolutely hammered. The size of these guys is fairly impressive although I don't understand why so many people are scared of them

Another great video very informative. I’ve never seen a badger, shame they eat hedgehogs though 😔

Early one morning, about 3 months ago I was driving my wife to work and noticed a group of magpies in the road (country lane). Out of nowhere this badger shot out of the hedgerow and grabbed one of the magpies and shot back into the hedgerow with the magpie in it's mouth. I had no idea they did that.

Badgers are such wonderful and fascinating creatures. I have unfortunately never seen one. Thanks for this interesting video Liam.

About 15 years ago I had a car accident with a badger. At first I did not know what I hit till I went a few meters back and saw it was a badger. Was like hitting a speed bump at 100kmh. I went back to my car and got the wrench for changing the tires, just in case. When I came close to the badger I noticed he was dead. Just to look at it give you a sense of better not messing with it. Claws, teeth and the entire body is like a a tank on paws. Even the police didn't believe me when I said I hit a badger. Needed to get a report for the insurance company. Impressive animal.

As a trucker it breaks my heart how many i see killed by vehicles.

"Rather insignificant tail" UNPROVOKED!

Another excellent video. Love this channel!

I have been all over Britain an it is rare but not impossible to see these beautiful creatures, i don't believe in the cull i personality think it's the farmers an wealthy landowners who don't want to pay for their cattle to be immunised, leave them alone. Great show again

I love badgers, only seen them a coupla times. I'm not completely convinced that the badger cull is based on good science.

I really enjoy your videos. I found you from the river video and you've really made me look forward to being outdoors more and just watching even the smallest wildlife.

Badgers are awesome I've never seen one in real life yet they must be hard to come across. Great video Liam 😁

I love your channel. Garden birds helped me come out of a severe depression and PTSD back in 2011. It still raises its ugly head from time to time, however through this journey I've discovered nature is such a calming influence in life. We are so fortunate to have so many species of birds/ducks/pheasants (they eat us out of house and home !!!). My question is about our pheasants and their life ?. I can't find anything.

Thanks.

Thank you very much😊

Seen badgers trotting up the road I live on , at night time. They seem to have a route between the two woods that border the local roads. Luckily, it’s very quiet around here at nighttime , which is probably why they’ve stayed around here. Just wish they’d leave my front lawn alone. Seems that like foxes they’ve worked out how to co-exist with humans and our towns.

Many thanks to you Liam and your team

I live in the South of Spain, way outside the village. We have badgers here. My littke dog and I nearly ran into one on an early morning walk, probably an old male, he was huge and gruffy. First 2 nano seconds I thought I saw a small bear😅 We all jumped, and then he ran pass by, up the mountain to his den.

Awesome.

Quite sad. Despite living in the UK all my life, I've never seen a badger in-person. I've seen deer, hedgehogs and foxes out on my trails and would love to be able to see one at some point.

Thanks for posting! ♥️👍

Love your videos! Thank you for sharing them with us 🤗

I have only caught a glimpse of a badger once. Similarly I've only seen a mole once, have you thought of doing a video on them?

As always thanks for the great informative video, I always lean somthing new from you and always a joy to watch .

very interesting, thanks, 👍🙋

I love badgers ❤️

Great video. Keep them coming.

Thanks for sharing Liam! Interesting as always. Have a good day my friend! // Bertil.

Thanks liam great content

We used to see Momma badger pass our garden most nights… then didn’t see her for a while and I was getting worried about her.. then she popped up with her baby!!! Unfortunately, a week or so later there was a dead badger in the graveyard… no way was it hit by a car as the road isn’t near the church yard and I think some scuzz bag is poisoning them!!! Makes me so angry! We saw the youngster alone and it was probably looking for mum and if it followed her scent would have found her body in the graveyard and that thought breaks my heart 😢

Absolutely nothing compares to wild camping, and hearing their screams outside your tent!

I hope to see them around when I eventually move to Oxfordshire.

Badgers are carnivorans that belong to the family Melidae, there are over fifteen extant species within seven genera and four subfamilies, badgers are found only in Eurasia, Africa, and North America, badgers range in size from the formosan ferret badger to the european badger Taxonomy: • Family: Melidae (Badgers) •• Subfamily: Mellivorinae (Short-Faced Badgers) ••• Genus: Mellivora (Honey Badger Lineage) •••• Species: Mellivora capensis (Honey Badger) •• Subfamily: Helictidinae (Ferret Badgers) ••• Genus: Melogale (North Asian Ferret Badgers) •••• Species: Melogale moschata (Chinese Ferret Badger) •••• Species: Melogale subaurantiaca (Formosan Ferret Badger) ••• Genus: Helictis (Indochinese Ferret Badgers) •••• Species: Helictis personata (Burmese Ferret Badger) •••• Species: Helictis cucphuongensis (Vietnamese Ferret Badger) ••• Genus: Bassaritaxus (Indonesian Ferret Badgers) •••• Species: Bassaritaxus everetti (Bornean Ferret Badger) •••• Species: Bassaritaxus orientalis (Javan Ferret Badger) •• Subfamily: Melinae (Old World Badgers) ••• Genus: Arctonyx (Hog Badgers) •••• Species: Arctonyx collaris (Greater Hog Badger) •••• Species: Arctonyx albogularis (Northern Hog Badger) •••• Species: Arctonyx hoevenii (Sumatran Hog Badger) ••• Genus: Meles (Eurasian Badgers) •••• Species: Meles meles (European Badger) •••• Species: Meles canescens (Caucasian Badger) •••• Species: Meles leucurus (Asiatic Badger) •••• Species: Meles anakuma (Japanese Badger) •• Subfamily: Taxideinae (New World Badgers) ••• Genus: Taxidea (American Badger Lineage) •••• Species: Taxidea taxus (American Badger)

Someone may be replacing David Attenborough . I could listen to this man talk for hours on wildlife!

Really enjoyed this one Liam, I live very rural and often hope to see a badger but in seven years no luck yet. I’ll just keep checking the cctv 😂😂😂 But thank you so much loving this channel.

Another great and informative video, Liam! 👍 I didn't know that Badgers eat Hedgehogs... 🦡 🦔

Very pretty but out of favour with me as they dig up my vegetables. I now have to grow everything under nets!

Great video!

Lovely footage, really nice to see them dootering about and acting as if noones watching.

Magnificent animals beautiful to look at . I have one crossing in front of my house every night and give him ,her a tit bit . However no mention about the fact they carry spread TB tuberculosis to Cattle . A friend of mine near Devon had 265 Young growing Cattle for meat consumption and 130 milking cows . all Cattle in the UK and EU have to have Tuberculin tests . She had hers tested Week later ONE cow was positive with TB . Guess what she had to have every single cow on her land destroyed. Despite the fact her and her husband had Put wire all around the fields where the cattle were grazing sunk two half feet deep . But they managed to get in . There Is a real problem with Badgers in that area , The loss to them was immense . They still had to pay for the winter food for cattle and straw hay they need . They are now thinking of going into pigs , but the market is a nightmare when it comes to raising pigs for profit . Their farm has been in their family for just over 293 years . and they are terrified of being the couple who had to sell out . Of course we do not want badgers culled as they were but the government should be doing much much more to help farmers and do something about the problem of the Dreaded TB

I'm not sure where you're located, but in my many years living between London and Kent, I've never seen a badger. A few dead ones by the sides of roads. I'd love nothing more than to see a live one, just once in my lifetime...

One dug up a bumble bee nest in my garden, bad news or the bees but at least it means the local badger population is healthy.

Badger are the best and deserve to be free!

Sweet

My family name is after badgers! Small and volatile lol

I've touched a lot of badgers by creeping up on them, their fur is quite rough, they jump and give me a look before running away at walk speed lol. Everyone says they're violent but I have no reason to believe that.

Unfortunately I've barely ever seen a badger (Alive that is). Believe I saw one for the first time ever two weeks back around midnight, but I can't be 100% sure. I am always trying to get badgers in the garden and I always put trail cameras out but no badgers yet. 😭😭

this actually helped me with my hw, thanks!

They should farm less cattle rather than cull badgers…

Would love to see a goldfinch video too 👌

The stork could then make his or her delivery to me where he or she reached Reno, Nevada where my family and I lived where the stork delivered those baby badgers like between Hufflepuff from Harry Potter and Gravity Badgers on the front porch at my house on 11030 Skylight Ct., so when I woke up in the middle of the night, I got off the bed, turned on the lights, went downstairs, got the front door, opened it, looked at the front porch, picked up the bag, opened it and found the baby badgers if I took them in the house and upstairs to my room and put them in the cradle in my room.

I didn't hear any more of the once reported news that badgers were to be given chocolate, dosed with innoculation meds, to alleviate the TB issue.

Nice vid. Are they related to wolverines or honey badgers? And do they share the same tenacious personality trait?

BADgers are good for other mammal or insect who use their abandoned tunnel as house

I caught a few of them on my trail cams but its always at nights. I always wonder how there are so many videos with them walking about in the day when they are nocturnal

So I got up at 4am the morning and drove up the fields to drive cows in fr milking and seen something moving in the distance and at first I thought it was a cat but as I got closer I realised it was a badgar and rather than running away it move very slowly so I decided to watch some KZfaq videos about them this guy knows his stuff

However, that print you showed is identical to the print I found In the front garden three months back. It had very long claws. I wonder?

I was walking from school one day and saw a dead badger, i was sad but happy that i got to see a badger upclose, but sad it wasnt alive

I only learned one thing about badgers in experience is they have very tough pelts I skinned them (already dead from roadkill) before and it’s tough skin led to me failing in many attempts to skin them

I like badgers and unfortunately they do spread Bovine TB.

Mushroom, mushroom!

2:20 That rabbit barely escaped death

they are always badgering the witness

4:49

I once work in a hotel that was in countryside outside the hotel garden it was full of badgers. I was told always bring a stick in case I saw one them in the morning they would bite and wait till they heard your bone crack before they let go I saw plenty of them over the years did like them. Now I have very cute hedgehogs that come to my garden so I certainly Don't want to see them. Hedgehogs are much nicer

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Hi Thankyou for your video ❤don’t read further if attached emotionally but…… …. does anyone know why a badger would quite literally charge at a moving car? I get so upset when I see them at the roadside but if this is normal somehow it’s perhaps not surprising. It was dark 4am early this month so perhaps mating season and hyped up? It was not cornered and could have fled in any direction, but no, like a bull with horns ran and turned into the car as if a bull with horns. I fear there may have be something wrong with it. Appologies please advise or ask for this to be removed and I will of course oblige I don’t want to upset anyone else 😢

Badgers dig up graves and leave human remains around cemetery. Badgers are wreaking havoc in a medieval churchyard by digging up centuries-old graves and unearthing human bones, but locals are effectively powerless to stop them. Yes, they will stalk humans. They are aggressive animals but they don't go looking for trouble. “It's heartbreaking anyway, but to then find out there's badgers digging the place up is just too much for the mind.

I have a pair that visit for cat biscuits 🍪

Sadly the only badgers I’ve seen have been 'road kill', and that’s in different areas than Central Lancs where I live.

If you give them a Honney stone, they evolve into...

Those beautiful stripes!🦓

Found the spines and feet of a hedgehog, as if peeled off the body 😮, badger?

Badgers do not have TB I cared for badgers for thirty years. My last bottle fed cub was my 104th. We were also invited by the Council of Europe to go to the Bern Convention in Strasbourg concerning the calling of the badgers. There were 35 counties present and apart from the UK all the countries voted to stop the culling here. Most of them said the fault was in bad husbandry concerning the cattle. and nothing to do with any wildlife. Also, badgers are foragers and not hunters.

I miss Breaking Bad 😢

I am lucky enough to see these beautiful animals on a regular basis although they are rather keen on dining out on my chickens, hence why I now lock my chickens away 🦡

Let me tell you something about Badgers. An old badger will kill a small lamb, bet you don’t know that.(retired Exmoor sheep farmer)

It's a shame there aren't any larger predators to control their numbers

Hufflepuff brought me here.

Don’t get me started on “The Cull” . Clean shots hardly ever happen , and a wounded badger is left to die in agony, often of septicaemia. Morally reprehensible. Scientifically dubious, unsustainable. Ineffective , fiscally inefficient and that’s just it’s good points

Badgers killed all our local hedgehogs, I find it hard to like them

Super animal but you didn not mention TB which they spread. They also destroy bumblebees and any ground nesting birds plus they have destroyed the Uk hedgehog population. Supe animal but the numbers have become out of order.