Welcome to this week’s Wildlife Matters Main Feature, the third part of our series All About Badgers, where we are looking into Badgers in Winter. Today, we’ll explore how badgers… Continue Reading... "140 All About Badgers – Badgers in Winter"
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131 Autumn Walk at Winkworth Arboretum
Today, Wildlife Matters is exploring something a bit different: an autumn walk at Winkworth Arboretum, a managed wild space. An arboretum is a type of botanical garden where many kinds… Continue Reading... "131 Autumn Walk at Winkworth Arboretum"
118 The Clue is in the Poo – A guide to wildlife poo!
Welcome to Wildlife Matters The Clue is in the Poo – A guide to wildlife poo. Continue Reading... "118 The Clue is in the Poo – A guide to wildlife poo! "
Ecologists can identify animals by their droppings, commonly referred to as scat. Continue Reading... "118 The Clue is in the Poo – A guide to wildlife poo! "
They do this by analysing the characteristics of the scat, such as size, shape, colour, smell, and content. Sometimes they may use DNA analysis from the scat to determine species, individual relationships, population size, and breeding patterns. Continue Reading... "118 The Clue is in the Poo – A guide to wildlife poo! "
099 The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows
The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows. Hedgerows have been an essential part of the British countryside since Roman times. In fact, Britain’s Hedgerows can be traced back to the Bronze Age and possibly even the Neolithic period. Continue Reading... "099 The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows"
The first farmers in Britain cleared small areas of woodland for cultivation, leaving strips of trees as boundaries. These are considered the earliest forms of hedgerows in Britain. Continue Reading... "099 The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows"
Planting new hedgerows started around Roman times and continued on and off until the mid-18th century, when the Enclosures Act prompted a tremendous surge in hedge planting, mainly around the Midlands. Continue Reading... "099 The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows"
Hedge removal is not a new phenomenon. Many were lost during the Napoleonic Wars when a besieged Britain was threatened with starvation. Continue Reading... "099 The Rise and Fall of Hedgerows"
073- Badgers in Springtime
Badgers are fastidious creatures and constantly change their bedding. Already this year, one of my trail cameras filmed a sow badger bundling grass and other vegetation under her chest, which was held in place with her forepaws before she jerkily moved backwards to carry the material underground into her sett. Continue Reading... "073- Badgers in Springtime"
044 Badger Vaccination – The Facts
Our primary focus is on M. Bovis, a highly contagious form of bovine tuberculosis that threatens cattle and other animals. This infectious disease is caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and can even affect humans, deer, goats, pigs, cats, dogs, and badgers. Continue Reading... "044 Badger Vaccination – The Facts"
013 The Truth about BovineTB
BovineTB, as the name suggests, usually affects Bovine animals, such as Cattle. However, it can affect nearly all mammals, causing general illness, coughing, and death. Continue Reading... "013 The Truth about BovineTB"
009 All About Badgers – A Winter’s Tale
All about Badgers is a series of articles based on Badger ecology as we follow the Badger through the seasons of the year Continue Reading... "009 All About Badgers – A Winter’s Tale"