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Proud of their prize - support feeding includes corn cobs, apple, eggs and peanuts at #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
Sometimes as a youngster you can be just too bouncy and it leads to a telling off ... it won't stop her though, she is the bounciest of the four cubs #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgercrowd.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Badgers
Did you miss me? Cub arrives, only to be ignored by the two clan members already there #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife
When you just want to play but you're being ignored by the adults #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @loveday-p.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #badgers
Scratch that itch - also irrefutable proof one eye is male! #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
Wait for it! The trouble with moving backwards when spring cleaning is you can have a multi-badger pile up! #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
Dust storm: Before the rains, reminding us how dry everything had become after very dry months #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife
Mutual grooming (allogrooming) and marking each other is such a normal part of clan life #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
I'm going to have to use the C word here, apologies @chrisgpackham.bsky.social but this is cute. Nothing quite like having a good scratch together but the paw on the back to keep contact is a show of affection #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
Make like Tigger: Wait for it, one eye gets bounced, not once but four times - cub is full of the joys of, mmm, summer? #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife
The subordinate male with only one eye has a number of scars on his flanks; looks pretty lucky to have survived from the looks of it #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife
Scratch that itch - some classic badger poses here #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
More hilarity ... the look on the face of the cub as it falls off and gets a telling off #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers youtu.be/iX4AAbhVCsQ
Hilarious
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Cubs battle over something found whilst foraging ... bit too close to the camera but atmospheric #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers
The cubs use 'one eye' as a seat and lie all over him #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife youtu.be/51vXfH2jr-s
One eye seat
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Adults and cubs forage around the new setting for the trailcam #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badger youtu.be/CBSyia6FK68
Family foraging
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No bird is safe. Help stop this, it takes two seconds!
Playful cubs but also some battling over some of the supplementary feed #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #badgers
One eye is cautious, despite other badgers being out and about, he takes nothing for granted #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers youtu.be/mlYA1WmyukQ
Enter one eye
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Pottering around on its own, young cub nose into everything #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers youtu.be/WvWECgpbe4Y
Inquisitive cub
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One eye goes to mark the cub, misses the body, marking its head by mistake #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers youtu.be/SZ7N0-Wy6lE
Marking
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Badgers love to groom, keeping each other clean and building family bonds #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers youtu.be/Lh9fCH0GKpk
Family potter 5 groom
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Family potter 3: look at the dust flying, everything was so dry. Fortunately the river isn't far away so this clan are staying healthy #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife youtu.be/Qf8a48rg0HI
Family potter 3 dust storm
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Family potter 2: Mum and two cubs #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgercrowd.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Badgers youtu.be/QyO4jj71Q6Y
Family potter 2
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Hungry badgers dig wasps nest - you can see paper sheets (made from chewed wood) and the 'comb' where the larvae would have been @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @canonuk.bsky.social #wildlife @loveday-p.bsky.social
Family time: One eye looking more like a male, cubs and cleaning ... just a normal evening at #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife youtu.be/HPYc4QZA_Mg
NEW SETT: normal evening
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Four cubs with a one eyed adult - gender contradictions; narrow head and cubs all over the adult like a female, but churring and a very thin tail like a male. 45+ years of badger watching and I just don't know @badgertrust.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social #wildlife #Badger youtu.be/I5UToug3bMg
NEW SETT: FOUR cubs
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