What is the environment around a badger?

Ideal badger habitat is a mixture of woodland and open country. The species lives in a network of underground burrows and tunnels know as a sett. Each badger territory will include a main sett and several smaller outlying setts.

1. What environment does a badger live in?
2. What does a badger do for the environment?
3. Where can you find a badger?
4. How big is a Badger territory?

What environment does a badger live in?

Badgers live in dry, open grasslands, fields, and pastures. They can also live in deserts and marshes. They are found from high alpine meadows to sea level.

What does a badger do for the environment?

I'm an ecologist, zoo keeper and teacher of agriculture and environmental science – I know how important badgers are to our environment. They disperse seeds that help plants grow, and they build tunnels which end up being used by foxes, rabbits, otters and other animals.

Where can you find a badger?

Badgers live in setts which are usually found in the countryside in woodlands or the edges of fields. Badgers can still be found in urban areas in woodland parks and green spaces. Juveniles often play around the sett – particularly leap-frog and king-of-the-castle.

How big is a Badger territory?

Badgers can live in social groups of two to 23 adults, but usually around six. These defend an area around their main sett as a territory. Territories may be as small as 30ha, but are up to 150ha or more in the Highlands.