Badger-Watching in Mid Wales

Some video footage which I took recently on a lovely sunny evening in mid Wales. I was in the hide with ten others, most of whom were taking photos, so that is the clicking you can hear in the background:

Badgers Mutual-Grooming

Some mutual-grooming and a bit of rough-and-tumble at the badgers' sett:

Hopefully, some cubs will be appearing above ground before too long.

Badgers Digging Out Their Sett

Some recent activity at the badgers' sett I've been monitoring:

Tawny Owls in Singleton Park, Swansea

Some recent footage of Tawny Owls filmed after dark in my local park, using the infrared setting on my Panasonic camcorder and an infrared torch:

Stock Dove in Singleton Park, Swansea

I came across this Stock Dove in Singleton Park yesterday:

Pretty sure it's only the second one I've seen there.

A Frog On The Footpath

I almost trod on this frog as I was walking home on February 27th, as it crossed the footpath in front of me. After I'd taken some footage and put my camera away, I notice it had hopped into the road and looked likely to meet a grisly fate under the wheels of a passing car, so I picked it up and carried it to the other side. It thereupon tried to climb a vertical concrete wall, before giving up on that and sitting bewildered for a while in the middle of the pavement, where it was almost squashed by several passers-by. I picked it up again, and found an area of long grass and undergrowth, where I put it down, hoping it was a safe haven from the traffic.
Filmed with the infrared setting on my Panasonic HC-W850 camcorder.

Badgers Mating

My trail camera captured this badger mating behaviour recently, which is hopefully a sign that there will be cubs at this sett this season: