ID please

Came across this on a walk today - looks too big for a rabbit. Is this a fox lair or what?

 

Fran it looks very much like a Bager set. The young Boars are on the move at this time and looking for new homes.
I always reckon there is a distinct smell near sets...could be something to do with the open dung pits they have close by :eek: :D

 

the earth looks freshly dug and looks like its marked it territory.too big for rabbit and cos it looks newly dug probably not badger(dont usually venture in daylight) so more than likely fox Fran.could you smell anything? fox scent is really strong.there looks to be bits of wool or feathers aswell.

 

Badgers? Perhaps, it looks fresh dug.

 

No smell that I noticed. Just this hole in a hedgerow bank beside a country lane that I had not noticed before. I know there are rabbits in the hedgerow - a thought crosses my mind - could this be a fox or some such trying to get at a rabbits nest I wonder?.

 

Young Badgers dig in stupid places,often on road verges,I pass a couple on the way to work.
They more often than not get knocked over by cars and I have moved several off the road already this year.Smelly task but hate to see them getting smashed and mangled by constant vehicle hits.
Foxes don't dig for rabbits,this time of year they have rich pickings with young of fur and feather.
Another problem for Badgers is the "Poor Farmers ",who see the excavations and nip out at night and deal with the dreaded TB spread excuse.
Probably a subsidy in it for them too!

[ 17. April 2006, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: Paladin ]

 

Dont you knock our poor farmers, they have all sorts of problems claiming their subsidies, getting their Range Rovers serviced,.... oh and killing everthing in sight.
God knows what they would do if they had to farm in other countries where they have real wild carnivors that havn't all been wiped out yet.

 

BADGER
I have them in my field, just the same earthings, sad but you see more dead on the roads now ;-{

 

Thanks for all your tips. I shall take a walk up there again this weekend and see whats changed. Not the best place for a badger set - to exposed to road and human traffic, so I hope tis only temporary.