Badger Cubs Spotted in Staffordshire
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Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is excited to share the news that some of our resident badgers have been seen on their trail cam with this year’s cubs. The Reserves Team has chosen some clips from the spring and summer to share, which are available to see on YouTube.
Badgers can mate any time of the year but they use an unusual reproductive technique called delayed implantation to ensure they have only one litter a year. Most cubs are born in early to mid-February and will emerge above ground at around 12 weeks during May.
Badgers use their strong front paws to dig for food and to perfect their hobbit-like burrows, called ‘setts.’ You can usually tell if a sett is occupied as they tend to have doorways marked with piles of used bedding. There will also be a particularly smelly pit nearby - a badger loo!
At this time of year, badgers forage for windfallen apples, berries, nuts and seeds, complementing their primary diet of insects and earthworms. As we approach autumn, they will begin to clean their sets, bringing in fresh new bedding of grass and dry leaves to keep them warm as temperatures drop.
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Badger cubs spotted in Staffordshire - created 23.8.25
