Badger, Scottish wildlife, animals, birds, insects, plants

Badger image The badger is familiar to us all but few people have actually seen a living badger in the countryside. A large and powerful animal, the badger is strictly nocturnal and feeds on a wide range of roots, grubs and carrion.
Badgers are the largest indigenous animals that are majoritivly carnivorous in Scotland. They are known to grow to a metre in length, but never more than 50 cm tall. As they eat plants and honey occasionally, this classifies them as 'omnivores'.
The collective name for a group of badgers is a cete.
The behavior of badgers differs based on family. Some are solitary, moving from home to home, while others are known to form clans of up to 69. Badgers are fierce animals and will protect their selves and their young at all costs.
Unlike many carnivores that stalk their prey in open country, badgers catch most of their food by digging. They can tunnel after ground dwelling rodents with amazing speed. They have been known to cache food.
The huge setts where it lives are much easier to find with their numerous tunnel entrances and mounds of excavated earth.
The badger is still widespread throughout Scotland including urban areas.

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