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« Thread Started on Nov 29, 2006, 7:03pm » | |
Hi all I've been living in Forestdale for just over 2 years and the other day i was walking my dog about 3.30am when i saw a badger walking across the car park at Penny croft. This is the first I've seen of them. do they regularly come up this far from the woods?
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« Reply #1 on Jan 7, 2007, 10:53am » | |
Badgers used to be a common sight around the estate just after dusk and through the night. I havn't seen one for a few years now but I'm not sure why. Could it be because of the increase in the fox population?
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« Reply #2 on Jan 11, 2007, 12:26pm » | |
Still plenty of them in the woodlands between Courtwood School and the playground. Rare to see them but they can often be heard during the night.
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« Reply #3 on Jan 12, 2007, 9:45pm » | |
I've noticed some foxes seem to run away as soon as they see me and others seem to wait and see what I'm doing.
The other day i was walking my dog and because she has a retractable lead she runs slighty ahead and i noticed there was three foxes stalking her.
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« Reply #4 on Jan 17, 2007, 7:08pm » | |
Still see alot of badgers around Pixton Way, Ladygrove areas during the early hours. If you walk the woods as often as I do with the dog there are dozens of sets. Many have been destroyed by baiters but I presume several are still active.
The foxes are nearly domesticated around here now. It's not unusual to see them out during the day and very few of them are bothered by a human presence.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 25, 2007, 9:07am » | |
I've never seen any badgers around here but lots of foxes. I suppose I don't really go out much late in the evening or early morning so that's probably why.
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« Reply #6 on Mar 11, 2007, 12:10pm » | |
I've fed the badgers in Markfield for many years, and have photographed them. Since they know and trust me, they've allowed me to floodlight and video them in colour as well, and you can see photos and a video on the Wildlife section of one of my websites here
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fleccb/
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« Reply #7 on Mar 14, 2007, 6:41pm » | |
I've been wondering recently whether its badgers or foxes that dig up the garden. Most likely foxes but during last summer something was digging up the compacted soil in the garden and discarding bulbs.
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« Reply #8 on Mar 16, 2007, 2:33pm » | |
Hello Viv. Badgers dig in small in line scoops to get at worms sometimes, but most of the nuisance digging is by foxes. It's mainly noticed from about June onwards as the cubs accompany a vixen during the night. They see the vixen dig for a worm or grub just under the surface and then imitate by digging up anything they detect by smell. A couple of energetic cubs can make quite a mess of a lawn, and it's likely that they were responsible for sniffing out and digging up your bulbs. Once they learn what they are supposed to dig for, the nuisance usually stops.
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« Reply #9 on May 2, 2007, 10:07pm » | |
Hi,
Have just come back from a committee meeting at the Forum, and whilst walking through Teletubbie land in Newlands Wood I noticed a young fox eating some scraps of bread put out for the birds. As I approached it ran off up one of the alleys but then I noticed further movement in the shadows near the bread. When I got closer I was most surprised to see a small badger eating some bread in the shadows. It then heard me approaching and moved off into a large laurel. I thought this would be the last I saw of it but as I quietly walked past where it was hiding it suddenly emerged and stood slap bang in the middle of the path not more than a foot in front of me. It casually looked up at me and then scurried off up the path toward the garages before stopping to hide behind a wall (it wasn't very good at hiding as it still had its bottom sticking out onto the path). As I approached the garages we were again only feet away from one another, however this time round it must have decided that it didn't want to play hide and seek anymore and ran off up the hill toward the top end of Newlands Wood.
I really feel privileged to have had this close encounter tonight (2250Hrs) as the closest I've ever been to one before was when it safely crossed my path whilst I was driving my car near the White Bear very early (0500Hrs) in the morning a few years back. Unfortunately on neither occasion did I have my camera with me so I was unable to catch the images for my records.
flecc do badgers travel very far from their sett as where I had my encounter is quite a distance away from Selsdon Woods?
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« Reply #10 on Jun 19, 2007, 9:09pm » | |
Hello MilitaryMartin. They can travel over a mile radius, but usually it's about half that. They operate in distinct territories but do roam into each other's in their search for food, often ending up with ferocious fights. Occasionally one can kill another, but the usual fight tactic is to try and bite off the tail of the rival.
There are several setts around here, at least two active in the Court Wood/Selsdon Wood reserve, a very large and old one bridging Bears Wood and Frith wood, and a further active one in Deanbottom Shaw on the other side of the new golf course adjoining Elm Farm. There will be more, but those are the ones I know. Mine are the Bears and Frith Woods ones. Currently I have one very tame after building a relationship over two years. It was litter runt, and I supported it with additional help, building the closeness to the point that I can hand food down to it and speak freely to it in broad daylight when it turns up for it's rations. If it hears any other voice it runs!
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« Reply #11 on Sept 25, 2007, 1:32pm » | |
I have only recently moved here from the town centre . we didnt have much in the way of wildlife other than foxes there. I love it here with the Squirrles on the green outside my house and at dusk I see Bats outside my lounge window. The first time I saw the bat I was soooo excited and couldnt beleive my eyes, they flapped around directly outside and I watched them until it was dark. My kids love them too and now we cant wait for evening to see them . Does anyone else see them on the estate?
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« Reply #12 on Oct 1, 2007, 9:09am » | |
i havent seen them myself but i had a converstaion with a lady at the shops about bats nesting in her loft. so there must be quite a few about.
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« Reply #13 on Nov 12, 2007, 7:58pm » | |
Since moving into Forestdale 8 years ago I have regularly seen badgers, foxes and bats. I even have a photo of a doe and two fawns walking along the back of the communal gardens (near Bears Wood), I was so pleased I had my mobile phone in my pocket as I didn't want to scare them by running to get my camera!
I 'met' my first badger not long after moving in and they still go past my back door every night, as bold as brass! The most I have seen together is 12, during summer a few years back one of my neighbours had kindly put some food out for them and they didn't stop coming out of the bushes!
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« Reply #14 on Jul 31, 2009, 12:11pm » | |
I drive around the estate alot at night and Badgers can always been seen on Featherbed Lane near to Pixton Way.
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