National Badger Day UK

Badgers are found in North America, Ireland, Great Britain and most of Europe. There are species in Japan, China, Indonesia and Malaysia.

The Oxford English Dictionary states it probably derives from “badge” + -ard, referring to the white mark borne like a badge on its forehead, and may date to the early sixteenth century.

The behaviour of badgers differs by species, but all shelter underground, living in burrows called setts

There are lots of different types of setts in a territory but the main sett is the biggest. Some main setts are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of entrances too!