We consider it very important that Construction Companies are aware of the legislation regarding Badgers, and we are happy to help in any way possible to prevent problems arising. The European Badger is a member of the musk bearing carnivores called Mustelidae which also includes otters, pine martens, stoats and weasels. The Badger now mainly nocturnal, is the largest member of this family in Britain. Dr. Neal found that wild male badgers weighted an average of 11 kilograms. From the tip of its nose to the root of the tail the body measures some 75 cm long with the tail adding another 15 cm.
Females are slightly smaller and lighter.
Though Badgers are now scarce or utterly exterminated in many parts of the British Isles there are still quite large populations of badgers here abouts. The water washed hillsides and ridges where the ground is of sandy formation, found across Rother District and Hastings Borough, suits Brocks subterranean architecture. Everyone of the huge buttresses of sandstone which stand out in the escarpments are badger territories. In daylight the skin is conspicuous, appearing grey from a distance changing to black from under the chin down. Back to top Powers of Digging.