For 2 former townies to move to the sticks in Dorset it was a privilege the other night for Jude to come squeeking into the lounge...
.....Gaz....come quick !!!!!
I was lead into the darkened bedroom.....I thought..AYE up mate.....but no it was better than sex as she manoeuvred me toward the window and in the faint light from our other back room I could see the shape of a Badger scoffing the peanuts that had fallen from the bird feeders onto the concrete slabs.
We had moved to the countryside and now the countryside was coming to see us,albeit stuffing his snout.
We stood motionless at the glass fearing to move incase we frightened it off.
After about 10 mins he,d hoovered up the free offereings and made his way back through the hole in our back fence to the coppice
behind us.
Talk about 2 children giggling at the event in our own garden,,,,couldn't believe our luck as we had only just been talking about
going to the Badgers set you can visit at night in Dorchester and pay for the privilege and within a few days we have our own
display........for FREE.
Last night he came calling again and we lead my mum through the house so she could see her very 1st live Badger...well chuffed.
Tonight we had just started watching it feed about 8pm when another one appears out of the darkness so weve now 2 Badgers
feeding in the garden.....well id like to say I had some fantastic pictures but from 30 feet away ive yet to suss our NEW camera
so all you've got is this............
not great ill grant you but about the best I could get as I didn't want to use the flash and scare them away.
and a slow shutter speed just produced a black and white moving blur .....so ho hum.
anyway ...not all good as I heard a cat call in our garden and Jude panicked that our neighbours cat might confront them and come off the worse so .....a quick bang on the window saw everything scatter ....shame but we like the catz too and didn't wish to see anything inflicted on them .
We now have a delemour as Judes brother spoke to her the other day and said that once our root crops are thriving later in the season
the badgers are prone to snaffling whatever they can munch on...I though it would be them looking for worms that they might dig up
our small veggie patch.....so we are now considering ending our visitors banquets but filling in the entrance hole.
Still the last few days have been fantastic for us Townies moving here to Dorset and having nature come a calling.
Brilliant fun !!!!!!!!
Oh and if anybody of a camera skills background can advise me on how best to capture a moving animal in virtual darkness
spill the beans as im all ears !!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
GazNjude