Correction. There is a report that was missed as it went to Bristol Foxes and Badgers.
Sadly, we hit the key number taking us past any previous year's losses up to 14 06 2026:
067 Thursday 11 06 2026 dead badger on main road to Portbury roundabout, the road coming from Leigh woods.
068 Thursday 11 06 2026 dead badger on Sylvian Way just off the Portway
069 Thursday 11 06 2026 RTA badger cub A369 Martcombe Road in Easton-in-Gordano.
070 Saturday 13 06 2026 Dead badger on side of road A370 at Cleeve , just prior to Budgens towards Congresbury.
Here is what you get when asking AI about this number of losses:
If 70 badgers have been confirmed dead on the road the likely actual number of deaths is between 105 and 140.
The true death toll is typically significantly higher than reported figures due to several factors:
- Underreporting & Carcasses Thrown: Many badgers are hit but manage to crawl off the road into nearby vegetation to die, meaning they are never seen or counted on the tarmac.
- Scavenging & Decay: Dead badgers left on the roadside are often scavenged by other animals or rapidly decompose, causing them to disappear before they can be recorded. [1]
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