Badger

(meles meles)

We hope you are enjoying our nature trail!

The post you’ve found has a raised picture of a badger.  If you place some paper over this and then scribble all over it with a crayon or pencil, you will be able to take home a copy of this picture to keep.

See if you can answer some questions about badgers – or you can jump straight to the answers (here).

1. What are the colours of a badger?
2. What’s the name for the hole where badgers live?
3. What is a badger’s favourite food?  Here’s a clue, they are wiggly and live in the ground.
4. When do badgers come out to play and feed?
5. What are male and female badgers called?  Here’s another clue, the same names are used for male and female pigs.

You can find out lots more about the cheeky badger on The Wildlife Trust’s website.