In defence of badgers: Far from being aggressive, they welcome lodgers to share their homes

I always thought that it was fanciful for a fox to share its quarters with a range of other mammals until I started to use a trail camera outside a badger sett on my own farm. This handy device is triggered by movement and will capture images of any animal in front of the lens. Imagine my surprise when I started to record not only a badger family but numerous visits by fox, pine marten, rabbit, rat and even domestic cats, entering and leaving the sett entrances. It appears that this extensive network of tunnels in the wood is home to whole community of mammals.