Badgers are familiar visitors to many gardens across the UK, particularly where residential areas are close to woodland, farmland, parks or other suitable habitat. Although badgers are mainly active after dark, their visits can sometimes become obvious when they leave behind disturbed lawns, small holes or other signs of foraging. Gardens can provide several opportunities…

Badgers are familiar visitors to many parts of the UK, particularly in rural areas, woodland, farmland and gardens close to suitable habitat. Although they are sometimes thought of as predators, badgers actually have a very varied diet. Earthworms are their most important food source in much of the UK, but badgers will eat many other…

Finding sections of a lawn torn up overnight can be frustrating, particularly when the damage appears to have happened without warning. Badgers are one of the animals capable of creating this type of damage, especially in gardens close to suitable habitat. The holes and disturbed turf are usually not random. Badgers have powerful claws and…

Badgers are powerful, muscular animals that can sometimes look intimidating when encountered at close range. They are also increasingly familiar to people living near woodland, farmland, parks and gardens, particularly in areas where badgers regularly forage at night. Despite their appearance, badgers are generally cautious animals that prefer to avoid direct contact with people. Most…