Badger Visits

It has been quite a while since the Badger last visited my garden.



It ignored the two apples and proceeded to scoff all the pieces of dried bread I had thrown out for the birds.

Resident Badger

A few nights ago a Badger visited the garden and decided to stay. It has made its home under a large shed and potters about the garden each night.



The Badger is eating some unsalted peanuts I put in a dish. Not the clearest of videos but the best I have so far.

Badger Visitor Part 2 - Video

As the stills from the trail camera were time stamped I had a look at my 'security' camera recordings for the same period. Bingo:

Badger in the Garden?

The Floureon trail camera has been set up and running at the back end of the garden for ten days. 411 photos taken, many empty of any visible life, some of the four legged boss:

   

... quite a few of Wood Pigeons and occasionally Blackbirds:



Patiently reviewing all 400+ I spotted just 6 which had something different.
Far from clear but it looks to me as though a Badger has visited:
(At the top of the photo)





I never in my wildest dreams expected to see a badger in my garden
Time to start putting out some piles of peanuts at night to entice it closer to the camera?