Badgers like to dig their setts where the ground is easy to dig. Sandy soil is a favourite, because it is easy to dig, and it stays drier than other soils. Chalk and limestone is also popular. Badgers do not like digging into clay, as this is wet and sticky. Even so, badgers will sometimes make setts in clay, if they can't find anywhere else.
Badgers also like to dig where there is a good slope, such as on the side of a hill, or in a bank.
Water drains away better on a slope, and this means that the sett stays dry. Badgers dig their setts in many different habitats. Other Residents Badger setts are often used by other animals as well as badgers. Rabbits often live in badger setts. Foxes will also rear their young in setts.