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A badger's homestead is referred to as a sett (in one old reference “cett”). Reflecting the dwelling of what is, in parts of its range, a highly social mammal, badger setts are large and spacious enough to accommodate as many as 35 animals (in the largest naturally supported clan ever recorded in Woodchester Park during 1989), although ...
The legal definition of a badger sett refers to a ‘structure or place’ showing signs of current use by a badger. In most cases a badger sett will be used for breeding, shelter or protection and will consist of a series of tunnels and chambers, sometimes interlinked, and accessed by one or more sett entrances.
The badger lives an underground home called a sett, which will typically be towards the centre of their territory or home range. Their setts are usually situated in or near small clearings in woodland or copses.
A sett or set is a badger's den. It usually consists of a network of tunnels and numerous entrances. The largest setts are spacious enough to accommodate 15 or more animals with up to 300 metres (1,000 ft) of tunnels and as many as 40 openings.
Badger setts vary from occasionally used "outliers", which often have single entranced tunnels, to vast, ancient underground complexes with multiple entrances. These larger setts can extend from 20 to 100 metres or more, with some of the largest having more than 50 entrances!
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- Badgers live underground in a network of tunnels and chambers called a ‘sett’. Badger setts vary from occasionally used "outliers", which often hav...
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- 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...
Badger setts consists of a network of tunnels with numerous entrances dug into the soil. Most setts are dug in woodlands or hedgerows where trees or their roots provide the badger with some form of protection. The largest setts can provide living space for fifteen or more badgers with up to 300 metres of tunnels and as many as forty openings.
The badger sett is an underground three-dimensional complex of interconnecting tunnels and chambers, often several storeys deep. How is this masterpiece of precision engineering accomplished by an animal with poor eyesight, underground, in the dark – no one really understands!
