Badgers!!

On the 6th of May, I walked out of my flat door on Campus and was heading to a friends flat.  On my way, I noticed a huge crowd of people and wondered what was going on. I went over and saw three baby badgers (Meles meles) playing on the grass.  I grabbed my camera and ran back to the spot.  It was however about 9pm and with the level of darkness the image quality was not that good. I thought I'd show you anyway.  This was an amazing experience for me as I've never seen a badger before (except squashed in the road). 

 

I think the generalised opinion of badgers = TB is a bit unfair.  Not all of them are carriers and I personally think that culling badger populations is backward thinking.  Nature in my opinion is uncontrollable and I believe that it should stay that way.  Global warming is all based around the human impact on nature.  I know I'm not anyone special to speculate, I use electricity, I drive and I know that I contribute a fair amount to the cause of Global warming.  I think the modern day person takes the world, nature and the environment for granted.   But thats a whole different discussion.  

Another wildlife spotting to add to my list is a Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) that I spotted, heard but did not photograph. This was on the 5th.  So there is wildlife around.  Its the point of being in the right time and the right place to catch it on 'film' or should I say, digital camera.  

Anyway.  Time for me to finish my assignment.  I will update you all on the wildlife I have seen before |I began this blog in the near future.  

Happy Photographing.  

Lexie.