If you are looking for evidence of badger activity, these are
the most common things you should you look for: - Badger Setts -
check the shape of the hole. Badger holes tend to be the shape
of a capital 'D', with the flat side downwards, and are at least
20cms wide. - A fox-hole is usually much smaller, and may
contain several bones at or near the entrance (badgers do not
usually bring much food back to the sett). - You may even notice
a pungent smell from a fox-hole if the fox is near the entrance.
However, a fox can often use a badger sett occasionally (even if
badgers are in there too), so this is not a muddy tracks from
the sett entrances. - Badgers often place their back foot where
their front foot was, leading to smudgy foot-prints. - Good
foot-prints will show a prominent central pad, and either four
or five toes, with good claw marks. bedding being dragged in. -
Old bedding being ejected. - Large spoil heap outside main sett.
This may contain old bedding, bits of fur, and even small bones.
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