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Oct 13, 2014 · Badgers and their setts (tunnels and chambers where they live) are protected by law. You may be able to get a licence from Natural England if you can’t avoid disturbing badgers in their sett or...
If a badger is injured and is in the road, please call us on 0300 1234 999. Because cruelty and neglect calls are our top priority, it might take us longer than we’d like to help this animal. We appreciate your understanding. To report a dead badger, please contact your local council.
Common name: European badger. Scientific name: Meles meles. Main signs: Scraped out bits of lawn or snuffle holes, latrines, partially eaten bulbs, vegetables and fruit, digging under fences or broken fence. Plants affected: Lawn, flower beds, fruits, vegetables. Most active: Badgers are nocturnal.
In the UK, badgers live in mixed-sex groups of between four and eight animals in underground 'setts'. A social group living together in the same sett is also known as a 'clan'. While badgers tend to live in groups, they do not always act cooperatively with their fellow clan members.
- The earliest traces of badgers in Britain have been dated back to three quarters to half a million years ago, according to a study by Yates (1999),...
- Badgers live underground in a network of tunnels and chambers called a ‘sett’. Badger setts vary from occasionally used "outliers", which often hav...
- The badger can grow up to 1 metre in size and has loosely fitting skin, which makes it difficult for an antagonist to get a firm grip of the badger...
- The short dark and white hair on the face gives the UK badger (Meles meles; European or Eurasian badger) its iconic striped features, with black ea...
- Albino badger: The albino badger is a light coloured animal and has mostly creamy white hair, though it’s unlikely to be completely white. The eyes...
- Badgers have been living side by side with hedgehogs for centuries but will occasionally prey on them if their main food sources of worms and grubs...
Learn how to live with your new garden visitors, discover why badgers may be visiting your garden, what to do if badgers dig up your lawn, and where you can get more advice. Download your free Guide to Badgers In Gardens.
If we take positive steps to value badgers as equally deserving of a safe home, food, and space to roam, we can create a sustainable future for badgers and humans to thrive. Anthropogenic (human-induced) activity is the leading cause of species decline in Britain, and badgers are no exception.
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Badgers are normally easily identifiable by their distinct black and white striped head and greyish fur, however some may be albino (white), melanistic (black) or erythristic (ginger). They have a small heads, small eyes, a thick short neck and a long wedge shaped body with a short tail. The average adult length from head to tail is 750mm (30in).
