Urban Badger Den
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Urban Badger Den
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 13 Oct 2011
This Badger den is in an old disused snicket or pathway that runs behind some Victorian houses. There is the back of a wooden shed on the left with a small brick wall next to it. The badger has removed some of the bricks and made a sizeable hole under the shed. The size of the hole can be judged from the old chair next to it. Most of the pathway is covered with old leaves and detritus but the pathway into the hole was completely clean except for a few badger hairs.(4cm long, one end brown, the other end white). I hesitate to call this a sett because there did not appear to be any other entrances and there was no extensive digging nearby. The well trodden badger paths into the various adjacent gardens could be clearly seen. Another view of the snicket can be seen here:- Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.94578
Longitude
-2.630953