Wednesday, 30 May 2018

An Appointment with the Badger Family

I see plenty of Badger tracks whilst wandering the Isle of Purbeck and and have found many setts but the last thing I want to do is draw attention to these by setting up cameras. So you can imagine how chuffed I was when I was invited on to private land to spend time with a new family.
Trail cameras have been set up and I managed a couple of shots but as the Sun had well and truly set I had to use the flash. These particular Badgers are used to a certain amount of light and noise but I don't want to use the flash too much even though they didn't seem too worried by it.
Once I had got these shots I packed up and left, not wanting to outstay my welcome, but being within two or three meters of these animals is very special.



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