Nature post of the day: Badger sett

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OK I will already have to give up trying to do this every day, there is far too much to write about and not enough time to do it! I’ll just write a nature post when I get the chance. Taking pup for walks has given me the incentive to get out and walk more, and has also given me the chance to meet more local people. One of these is an older lady with a fluffy pooch who absolutely loves to gambol around with Pup, so we have strolled around together quite a few times while the doggy friends play. One day she asked whether I knew there was a badger sett in the woods where we often walk. I thought I had explored the area pretty thoroughly by now but I hadn’t seen it, so she offered to show me one day when we had more time. This morning we met on the playing field and set out to look for it. As it turned out it wasn’t so easy to find, because of course things in the woods are growing and changing all the time! We were almost at the point of giving up, and the lady was very apologetic at taking me on a wild goose chase, when we decided to have one last look and finally spotted some freshly-dug earth among the trees. That had been dug out of one of what turned out to be several entrances over a largish area. Of course once we had spotted it we didn’t know how we could have missed it before, and it is actually visible from a path I often walk down, but I still hadn’t noticed. Now I know where it is I will try and visit one fine evening and see if I can spot the inhabitants! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.