European badger

Meles meles Today, 3 October

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now going about the year 72 days

going about the year Mammal here all year

The whole year

1 July – 14 December

the coastal calendar, unshifted

Sitting the year outGetting readyYoung aboutYoung leaving

Where to look

Old setts on wooded slopes, with worn paths and heaped spoil outside the entrances.

Worth knowing

Badgers can mate almost year-round but implantation waits for December, so cubs always arrive in February whatever month the mating happened. They do not truly hibernate here: winter is quiet, not absent.

Look it up

photos, sightings and recordings, off this site

iNaturalist — photos and where people are seeing it Wikipedia — Meles meles

Regions

where this species is on the list

Dalmatian coastKvarner and IstriaVelebit and the DinaridesSlavonia and the Pannonian plainTukhlia, Ukrainian Carpathians

Phase by phase

dates as they fall in the region chosen above

Phase	When	Length	What it means
raising young	1 February – 14 April	73 days	Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed.
young out of the den	15 April – 30 April	16 days	Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults.
courting	1 May – 30 June	61 days	Song, display, fighting, scent-marking — pairs forming or reaffirming.
going about the year	1 July – 14 December	167 days	Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out.
pregnant	15 December – 31 January	48 days	Pregnant. Nothing to see from outside, which is why the dates matter.

Other mammals in this region

Beech martenCommon bottlenose dolphinEdible dormouseEuropean hareGolden jackalGrey wolfLesser horseshoe batNorthern white-breasted hedgehogRed foxRoe deerWild boar

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