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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

There are a number of surprisingly good videos and still shots of badgers doing their thing on Reddit's Badger Forum: www. reddit.com/r/Badgers/ - it is well worth a look

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Badgers!

Badgers - the Ultimate Mammal. Badger lore, news, education, and photos.

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Appalled that the Gold Dancer racehorse was ridden to a win with a broken back, then put down after winning at Aintree - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-...

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Wildlife Matters Org @wildlife-matters.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

For many years, a small group of people in the UK have hunted otters using packs of dogs and notched poles to count their kills Wildlife Matters advocates for an outright ban on hunting with dogs #wildlife #banhunting

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

RIP Jane Goodall This clip will never NOT make me cry

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Michael Watt, 37, of Marl Hill Crescent, Preston used Harris Hawk +ferrets to hunt game at the Bolton Abbey in NYorks was handed 10-year criminal behaviour order. Also banned from keeping birds of prey or ferrets, plus restrictions on hunting and entering land www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Man with hawk sentenced for poaching on Bolton Abbey estate

Police say the case was

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Folly Wildlife Rescue @follywildlife.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Did you know #badgers LOVE water? One of our cubs decided to cool off in the pool. The message from our cubs is Stay Cool! 😎 Please ensure wildlife has constant access to water in hot weather #waterforwildlife @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

How do weather and seasons affect European badger activity? By studying movement patterns, researchers identified variability with sex, age and body condition. Learn more👉 tinyurl.com/36aufmn9 Coauthored by Julius Bright Ross, David Macdonald, Chris Newman & Christina Buesching. @biology.ox.ac.uk

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Sick-minded convicted paedophile (Brandon Robb, 28) has been jailed for hunting and killing animals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... he has 31 previous convictions, and only gets 1 year in jail this time plus a lifetime ban on keeping animals

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Convicted paedophile jailed for hunting and killing animals

Brandon Robb has been banned from owning animals after posting videos of his wildlife crimes on social media.

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Pleased that poisonous lead ammunition is to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales - www.theguardian.com/environment/... but why does the ban on toxic lead take so long to bring in?

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Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales

Exclusive: Restrictions on ammunition containing toxic metal to be phased in over three years from 2026

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Unauthorised beaver releases are happening across England, says the BBC , but many people are saying "What's not to like about this?" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... with 000s in the wild, beavers are now a legally protected species in England

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Beaver activists claim they are 'doing God's work'

An underground network illegally releases beavers but farmers say it can lead to trouble.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Guest blog in the series on Walshaw Moor and the daft proposals for a massive windfarm there markavery.info/2025/06/20/g... , this is another by Kate Haslegrave #waders #climate turbines

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We have just built a new video so people can hear what a badger sounds like when it is chittering ... here is the video so you can all hear what is happening... youtu.be/atjbrORlG5E?... The video explains all; but the link shows where you can get more information on all the calls badgers make.

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Badgers Chittering away as a male badger tries to become over familiar with a female badger

YouTube video by Badgerland.co.uk

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Guest blog - Midhope track (success!) by Bob Berzins. Blog: markavery.info/2025/05/24/g... A determined individual can get the right outcome in the end - but it shouldn't be so hard to get public bodies to do their jobs. @peakdistrict.bsky.social #naturalengland @tonyjuniper.bsky.social #defra

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Zoo welfare standards for Britain get first update since 2012 - the new rules for zoos and aquariums include guidance on elephant enclosures and a ban on touching fish www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Zoo welfare standards for Britain get first update since 2012

New rules for zoos and aquariums include guidance on elephant enclosures and ban on touching fish

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wildlifeaid.bsky.social @wildlifeaid.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

When "Wally" met "Rosé"🥰🦡 Rosé was able to be introduced to Wally, who had fully recovered from his difficult start and was desperate for a friend. If you haven't been enjoying our nightly badger cub antics via our wildlife webcams, follow the link, today - wildlifeaid.org.uk/wildlife/webcams/

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The future of driven grouse shooting will be debated in the Westminster parliament on 30 June. Many thanks to all who made this possible. #grouse #burning #raptor #killing #floods #smoke #climate #ghg #peat #nationalparks #defra

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Natural England ignored its own science and approved more badger culls—now it’s heading to court. A judge has granted a legal challenge over the 2024 licences, which defied expert advice. This could finally hold them to account.

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Plans for a new zoo, to be run by bosses of the former South Lakes Safari Zoo, of which there were long-running welfare concerns, have been turned down. Proposals for the Tebay site, were rejected by the Yorkshire Dales NPA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Cumbria South Lakes safari bosses refused new zoo site

Plans for a new zoo near Tebay are refused over visual impact and unauthorised building work.

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Sand Martins (Riperia riperia) filmed at 100 fps, showing them in slow motion at Brockholes bird reserve near Preston from the 4th May 2025 = www.youtube.com/watch?v=znCF... #birds #wildlifephotography #sandmartins #brockholes

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Sand Martins (Riperia riperia) in slow motion at Brockholes bird reserve near Preston on 4 May 2025

YouTube video by Badgerland.co.uk

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PC CJ Newsome @pccjnewsome.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

2 feisty little badger cubs rescued from a manhole on Saturday tea-time, with Huddersfield Badger group🦡🦡 Both released back to their sett nearby, making us late to give my presentation about wildlife crime to Calderdale Badger Group. What better reason to be late!!🥰🦡🦡

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Possibly the last video from our trip to Brockholes (Preston) on 30th March 2025 - this time showing the arrival of the Sand Martins, following their migration back from Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfq... Amazingly fast little birds, which should be back at Brockholes in larger numbers by now.

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Sand Martins at Brockholes on the 30th March 2025

YouTube video by Badgerland.co.uk

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland . We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 97,000 signatures thanks to you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!

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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting

Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our beautiful birds of prey are routinely and illegally slaughtered on driven grouse moors . If you are as sick of this criminal persecution as me then please sign this ⁦‪@wildjustice.bsky.social petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Please RT

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Petition to ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... trending as 3rd-most signed in past hour. Plz add your name - thank you.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The question for @privateeyenews.bsky.social ‘s Ian Hislop on #HIGNFY is ‘Why’.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review” youtu.be/Uxku49USFfc

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Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review”

YouTube video by Protect the Wild

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CharmaineScammell 🌱🇬🇧 @charmainescammell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Please sign & share 🙏 #EndBadgerCull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control. Don't forget to click on the verification link they send or your signature won't count. Two people can sign from the same UK address 🇬🇧 (NOTE: UK only) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control

The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This is good news www.gov.uk/government/n... Only wildlife crime, lead ammunition use, drainage and killing wildlife for fun to go petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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New proposals to ban heather burning on peatland to protect air, water and wildlife

Extension to ban of burning on deep peat proposed by Government, so that an extra 146,000 hectares are protected

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Government headline says that "Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries". But the proof will be in the ACTUAL release of real beavers into the wild SOON. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Our petition has now passed 60,000 signatures, and is heading steadily for 65K. Every name added draws us closer to a parliamentary debate. Please sign and share! ➡️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social

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Northamptonshire Badger Group @northantsbadger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Beautiful sett found yesterday on a long survey walk in the cull zone. 9 active entrances, latrines and prints. #LoveBadgers #EndTheCull

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Linda G @hhogsfrogs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Can’t help get excited when a badger turns up in the garden. It doesn’t happen often, but it explains who ate the peanuts that I knocked out of the feeder I had soaking in disinfectant overnight 😍🦡 @kentwildlife.bsky.social @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Tossed away like trash—that’s the harsh reality of the badger cull. Thousands of innocent badgers are needlessly slaughtered in a failed attempt to control TB. This cruelty has to end. ✍️ Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Nickolas Chenier, 56, is the first man to be sentenced under new Scotland's dog hunting law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - he was hare coursing but took the chance to kill and butcher a deer too

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Wick deer attack leads to first hunting with dogs sentencing

The 56-year-old was using his dog for illegal hare coursing when it attacked a deer.

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BadgerlandCoUk @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Badgers are best as Banksy fan badger wins the Natural History Museum's 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Badger admiring Banksy-style image wins wildlife photo competition

Ian Wood put up a Banksy-style design in the hope of an 'art-imitates-life' photo op

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Linda G @hhogsfrogs.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

First badger for a couple of months… further enlarging the hole badgers dug between us & the neighbour who refused to let us have a hedgehog hole on this fence 😁 🦡 @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

@markavery.bsky.social’s decision is understandable - fighting govts is exhausting - but a real loss. However, @wildjustice.bsky.social is a great organisation and offers real hope in a bleak world. The fight goes on!

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