Since spring, children at Whipper Snappers nursery have been becoming badger experts, thanks to an onsite badger sett which is growing larger by the day.
Whipper Snappers is based at Felmoor Farm in Essex and is surrounded by acres of fields and farmland. The animals were first spotted roaming the fields earlier this year by the parents of nursery owner Lynda Bocarisa, who live on a farmhouse in the nursery grounds.
Lynda's parents are keen wildlife watchers and after seeing the first two badgers, they began leaving out bread for them to eat. One evening they chanced upon the sett, which is located at the edge of one of the fields hidden beneath a pile of old pieces of wood. 'From the front you wouldn't know it was there,' says Lynda.
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