Dinner Date

Our local Fox and Badger currently seem to have a bit of a ' Dinner date ' most evenings with both arriving just after sunset.

Both tolerate each other head to head within a foot and each will even give way if the other finds food first.

The secret of retaining harmony between then appears to lie in hiding many small cashes of food spread out in several locations so that they have options to diffuse any rivalry over offerings in one just one and neither of them end up going away hungry.

The Pecking Order

When one of our local Fox cubs arrived quite early last night it was delighted to find himself alone to forage for any offerings.

As he munched his way confidently into a few peanuts he was disturbed by the arrival of a hungry Badger and now he was not quite so sure of his claim.

Just to top it all another badger arrived and the young cub gave up his claim and went off looking for quieter feeding grounds.

                                                                        Badgers Rule OK !

Fox and Badger Trail : Part two

One of the Badger enters along the trail that is well worn and used regularly by several badger,fox and local cats most evenings

All seem to have acquired a tolerance of each other providing that a reasonable distance is maintained but if push comes to shove its the Badger that wins any stand-offs and the fox will give way to all except some of their own.

The Badger checks all of the locations where little stashes of peanuts occasionally seem to arrive as he works his way along the trail and as always a fox arrives before he has really finished

This fox has to be very alert when coming so close as Badgers are amazingly fast at reversing and they also have a vicious ' back-heel ' when obstructed !