The woods were lovely

[addedentry]

I took j4 on a badger watch for her birthday.

The University owns ancient woodland at Wytham on the outskirts of Oxford. The woods are intensively studied but they are open to walkers (after obtaining a free permit). They are also open to badgers, and each spring, the public is invited to take part in a badger census.

OX2 8QQ should get you there

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[megadog]

I know Wytham woods rather well; indeed I provide them with their Internet access.

The Oxford University field-station people have so far not taken up my suggestion of setting up a publicly accessible night-vision BadgerCam™.

but we neeeed it

[cleanskies]

Oh they so lack vision. They could rival the Museum's swifts!

Re: but we neeeed it

[megadog]

True...

I had plans to offer a TitCam™ but by the time I came to install the necessaries into the bird-box, someone* was already in residence and I didn't want to disturb them.

* a Parus major to be precise. Which kinda links back to Wytham in that it was there that the late David Lack started his serious ornithological research. These days I do occasional bits of IT consultancy for Peter, his son, at BTO in Thetford.

[amuchmoreexotic]

Amazing! Is it true that badgers don't get scared by lights, so you can put up floodlights if you want?

[addedentry]

That sounds like a #fakebadgerfact; but the guide claimed that many adult badgers develop cataracts and, in particular, flash photography wouldn't put them off. Useful.

:D

[cleanskies]

I was amused by the twittering of badger bum!