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Advice
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We are able to give
advice to members of the public as well as the police and local
planning and highways authorities. We also act as consultants to
developers on all matters relating to badgers, their setts and
their activities. Badgers are protected by
law, and any
interference carried out without a licence is a criminal offence.
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Badgers
in Gardens |
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are lucky enough to have badgers visiting your garden, but don't
want them burrowing under the fence or digging holes in the lawn
looking for cockchafer grubs, give us a call and we will come and
assess the situation and offer practical advice. See also our badger
faq page, which carries relevant tips.
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Badger Watching |
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We have a hide in
the north of the county (suitable for wheelchair users) where
adults and children may watch badgers without disturbing them. Use
of the hide is restricted to members only, and must be
pre-arranged. There are also facilities for badger watching in the
Chilterns, again for members only and by prior appointment.
Details of who to contact are given in our quarterly newsletter.
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Field Trips
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We offer occasional
field trips to teach people how to look for badger field signs. We
can show you how to recognise regular badger runs and dung pits
and scratching posts; how to tell a badger print from that of a
dog or fox; and how to tell a badger sett from a fox earth. We
will show you the difference between a badger hair and any other
caught on a barbed wire fence. These trips, which regrettably we
have to limit to members only, usually double as
general nature rambles with the chance to see rare wild flowers
and butterflies in season, and birds ranging from firecrest and
long tailed tit to buzzard and red kite.
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Talks
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We aim to hold
three or four public meetings each year, at which visiting
speakers are invited to talk on a range of natural history
matters, not always specifically badger related. On other
occasions a member of our own Group will give an illustrated talk
on badgers, either in general terms or to highlight a particular
topical point.
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Working
Parties |
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Occasionally we
hold a working party for such purposes as renovating the hide, or
installing badger gates or an artificial sett for the release of
rehabilitated sick or injured badgers back into the wild.
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Newsletter |
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produce a quarterly newsletter, Badgers About,
which is circulated to all our members and partners in the field
of wildlife conservation and protection. Badgers
About contains
news and articles by members, details of local contacts, amusing
anecdotes and snippets about badgers, and the latest news from the
National Federation of Badger Groups.
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