Proud of their prize - support feeding includes corn cobs, apple, eggs and peanuts at #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

Sometimes as a youngster you can be just too bouncy and it leads to a telling off ... it won't stop her though, she is the bounciest of the four cubs #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgercrowd.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Badgers

Did you miss me? Cub arrives, only to be ignored by the two clan members already there #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social
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Did you miss me? Cub arrives, only to be ignored by the two clan members already there #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

When you just want to play but you're being ignored by the adults #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @loveday-p.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #badgers

Scratch that itch - also irrefutable proof one eye is male! #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

Wait for it! The trouble with moving backwards when spring cleaning is you can have a multi-badger pile up! #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

Dust storm: Before the rains, reminding us how dry everything had become after very dry months #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife

Mutual grooming (allogrooming) and marking each other is such a normal part of clan life #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

I'm going to have to use the C word here, apologies @chrisgpackham.bsky.social but this is cute. Nothing quite like having a good scratch together but the paw on the back to keep contact is a show of affection #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers

Make like Tigger: Wait for it, one eye gets bounced, not once but four times - cub is full of the joys of, mmm, summer? #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife

The subordinate male with only one eye has a number of scars on his flanks; looks pretty lucky to have survived from the looks of it #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife

Early evening and the clan emerges #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #badgers

Early evening and the clan emerges #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #badgers

Scratch that itch - some classic badger poses here #sparrowhawksett @badgertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #wildlife #badgers