badger in cumbria

BADGERS IN CUMBRIA, LIVE WEBCAM




MORE INFO : The badger belongs to the same family as stoats, otters, weasels, pine martens and ferrets. Badgers live in large family groups in an underground home called a sett and will often use the same one for generations.

The diet of a badger consists of small mammals, ground-nesting birds' eggs, fruit, roots, bulbs and earthworms. Badgers are capable of eating several hundred earthworms a night ! They are also one of the only predators of Hedgehogs - their thick skin and long claws help them to get past the hedgehog prickles. The badger lives throughout most of Europe and parts of Western Asia.

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Additional Information:
  • The fascinating lives of badgers - The Badger Trust - badgertrust.org.uk
  • Badgers in the Lake District - daleheadhall.co.uk
  • Information on Badgers - Department of agriculture - daera-ni.gov.uk
  • About how badgers live their lives across the UK - badgerland.co.uk
  • All about Badgers – Badger Ecology and Biology - wildlife-matters.org