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Mating season for the foxes, this one was intent on a tracking a vixen and ignoring both me and the mice.
#mammals
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about 1 month ago
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It is always nice to indulge in some moon watching and the light from a full moon over a calm wintery landscape dusted with snow is extra special.
about 2 months ago
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Badgers emerging into a frosty night, no doubt January will be colder.
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about 2 months ago
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A quiet moment with the badgers at the mid point of a winter's walk. Wonderfully peaceful even with the wind blowing strong.
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2 months ago
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The rain stopped and the clouds moved away allowing for a magical meet up with the badgers, illuminated with the light from the full moon.
#mammals
#moon
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3 months ago
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The light reflected from the rising full moon counters the early arrival of night. One of the first badgers to emerge into the still winter air expertly finds a handful of peanuts by sense of smell.
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3 months ago
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The badgers with gifted peanuts, they know the area well and will forage in the sheltered areas later, away from the effects of the frost.
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3 months ago
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One of the badgers moving forward, searching for peanuts at the start of the night. The moonlight creating dark and light patterns amongst the trees.
#mammals
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4 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle taking an interest in some peanuts, even if he is probably already at his pre-winter comfort weight. A hand coloured infra red photograph.
4 months ago
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reposted by
John Bloor Printmaker
5 months ago
So this is my new Winter / Christmas scene this year, this urban moving into rurual Winter landscape which is die cut and features a separate stand up hare and fox. It is large at 59cm long x 21cm high and folds up so you can post it in a C5 envelope. Price £9.
www.johnbloor.co.uk/collections/...
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The rain has brought earthworms to the surface and the badgers are working the fields. Vibration from footsteps (or light from a torch) will send the worm back underground but badgers are experts.
#mammals
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6 months ago
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Collecting in a large bundle of grass bedding just in case in does rain.
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6 months ago
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A lesser stag beetle, seen on a busy lane yesterday evening. Gently moved to the wide grass verge for safety.
6 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle making the most of the plum season, enjoying the sweet juicy flavour. He has no problem sniffing out the last one.
#mammals
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7 months ago
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Fiona Mathews
7 months ago
Volume on! (Sound is straight from bat, no detector or amp!). This little Whiskered bat was found roosting on Holland & Barrett's door, Honiton. The species is always full of rage! (Maybe he wanted a calming herbal tea?). Safely released.
#bats
#wildlife
#nature
@batconservation.bsky.social
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There are no plum trees in the hedges near Mr Arbuckle so I bring him some seasonal windfalls, he clearly enjoys them.
#mammals
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7 months ago
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A damp day and some light drizzle on the walk back from the badgers, enough to bring a few toads out.
7 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle looking and listening.
7 months ago
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A few of the garden ants climbed out from under the patio in their special aviator gear this week.
7 months ago
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A little bit early in the evening for the
#badger
cub to leave the safety of the sett entrance but a stretch to reach an offered peanut is in order.
#mammals
8 months ago
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A fresh male Bombus lapidarius drinking nectar.
8 months ago
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The inner part of a broken nest of what looks like a Median
#Wasp
, not one I am familiar with. I read that they normally nest well above ground, this one was in tall grasses on a footpath.
8 months ago
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The young starlings crowded around the bowls of water put out on the garden table for starling style squabbling bathing. I think they enjoyed themselves.
8 months ago
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The lovely
@braintreemuseum.bsky.social
has an exhibition of Toys and Games which includes perhaps the best display of
#Brendatoys
soft toys in recent times. Last day is Saturday 28th. Brenda Cheese deserves to be better known for her work.
8 months ago
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The cub was quite excited to see the two grooming badgers although they were clearly not going to be interrupted.
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9 months ago
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Badger cub sitting down and working through a tray of puppy food with hydration drink mixed in.
9 months ago
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Cub on his way to some food, he knows where it will be.
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9 months ago
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Badger cub finishing off his breakfast, he eats 150g of puppy food mixed with hydration fluid in one sitting which is good going for such a little one, and he often comes back for seconds after a few minutes rest.
9 months ago
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Two cubs have made their appearance at the sett, one is more adventurous than the other and will even jab at the much bigger adult badgers if they are in the way.
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9 months ago
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reposted by
Northamptonshire Badger Group
10 months ago
Our Planning team needs more help to reviews applications and sends comments. Badgers can coexist with development if given space and habitat connectivity. We are their voice. 🦡 If you can help let us know! Find out more:
buff.ly/nH2KRlo
#BadgerProtection
#PlanningForNature
#WildlifeMatters
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Trees that hold trees. This kangaroo sapling has grown in a damp natural bowl about a metre off the ground on the north side of a mature tree.
10 months ago
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The clay that forms the roof over the badger sett has shrunk as it has dried out, creating polygonal tiles wherever the tension is too much for the clay to resist.
10 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle thoroughly enjoying his share of a sweet and juicy pear.
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10 months ago
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A hedgehog in my hat. A large hedgehog encountered on a path this lunchtime during a longer than expected walk. No obvious injury but being out in the day a detour was made to the local vet for a check. Hat now in quarantine.
11 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle eyeing up or more likely sniffing out some peanuts.
11 months ago
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Evening breakfast for the badgers.
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11 months ago
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Walking back from seeing the badgers with the magic of a new moon in the reflected light from the Earth.
11 months ago
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A pinhole projected image of the partial eclipse.
11 months ago
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Dusk and the light is fading, but the absence of leaves combined with a bright sky gives a few moments of wonderful colour.
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11 months ago
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The toads were back around the pond tonight with more activity in the pond than before. It is remarkable just how many appear seemingly out of nowhere.
11 months ago
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If there is bedding material up for grabs a badger will claim it with a scent mark, to be collected later.
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11 months ago
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The Lindseth collection of Lewis Carroll books and documents in the Upper Library Christ Church Oxford is worth a visit for Alice fans and as a bonus there are these remarkable carved figures by F G Todhunter.
12 months ago
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Moonlight foraging, the badgers were noticeably more nervous than usual and ready to run back to cover but there was nothing obvious to cause this.
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12 months ago
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Helen Day
12 months ago
These lovely and stylish endpapers were created by Eileen Mayo in 1949 for Pleiades Books. ‘Larger Animals of the Countryside’
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Gusts of wind disturbed the
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tree pollen and as it took to the air the sunlight, filtering through the branches, created a wonderful pattern of beams.
12 months ago
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A golden glow on the western horizon as a cold night begins to take hold. The delicate new moon is out of frame, Venus shows as a bright point of light well ahead of the stars.
12 months ago
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Mr Arbuckle has the sneezes, it could simply be dust but I think it is more likely to be an effect of an injury from some recent territorial fighting.
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12 months ago
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One of the badgers helping me test a trail camera that I bought from a charity shop. The infra red flash is bright to my low light camera but invisible to the badgers however badgers can hear the camera click as it switches on.
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12 months ago
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Sarah
12 months ago
Trying to find an academic reference regarding the importance of badgers as ecosystem engineers. I've got this
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12...
but I'd rather something which didn't reference their hunting! Anyone know of anything better? Pls Repost
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Badger Meles meles as Ecosystem Engineer and Its Legal Status in Europe
The European badger plays an important role as a natural factor shaping species diversity in forests. Its extensive setts can be used by many other animals as shelters. Soil perturbations in their set...
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/7/898
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A nice find on today's badger sett checking walk and it looks like the badgers and the rabbits in this area have swapped places.
about 1 year ago
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