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Badgers

  • 25-09-2006 9:27pm
    #1
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,927 ✭✭✭✭


    What is the best time to catch a glimpse of them coming out of their set?


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  • #2
    boneless
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    Around dusk/twilight. Stay downwind and keep as quiet as possible... their eyesight is not great but their hearing and sense of smell are! I found that if I 'seeded' the area outside a set entrance with peanuts (not roasted salted ones!!) they stayed put for a while so I could get the scope on them.

    Good Watching!! :)


  • #3
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,927 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Thank you for your advice!


  • #4
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,927 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    boneless wrote:
    Around dusk/twilight. Stay downwind and keep as quiet as possible... their eyesight is not great but their hearing and sense of smell are! I found that if I 'seeded' the area outside a set entrance with peanuts (not roasted salted ones!!) they stayed put for a while so I could get the scope on them.

    Good Watching!! :)

    It worked! Thanks again for your advice.


  • #5
    boneless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭boneless


    Nice one friend! They are lovely creatures.

    By the way, South Dublin County Council are conducting a badger census soon. If anyone here in that area has any sightings they can PM me with details or contact the Council themselves.


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