A week ago I was informed of a badger death in South Gloucestershire. It was a sow and looked as though it might still be feeding young. As I normally do if I hear of such an incident I contact the local badger group which in this case would be Gloucestershire Badger Group,
Photos and location were sent. Then someone sent me those photos and the info and asked whether I had heard about this. I explained that I did as it was the info Sarah Mills, the Bristol Fox Lady, gave me and I sent to Gloucestershire.
I then got a message from the Gloucestershire group and one of their members to inform me that they had no one who could look into this. Both explained that the South Gloucestershire area was considered as "Bristol". At this point I became cross-eyed.
It seems that despite the last county border changes South Gloucestershire has and is considered "Bristol".
The up-shot is that at least we know where one badger sett is and that on the same day as the w badger's body was searched for by a volunteer (THANK YOU) another dead badger was found. The dead sow was moved close to the sett in case there were young inside who would come out if they smelt their mother. None apparently have.
It now means that the Bristol Badger Group now covers an area as shown in this handy Bristol City Council map.
That means a lot of back checking to see what setts are known and hope that the unscientific scape goat cull has not killed off too many in the area. Sadly, it may also mean recording even more badger RTA deaths -deaths in Bristol that we know of so far in 2025 total 65.
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