European badger

Meles meles Today, 3 October

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now going about the year 86 days

going about the year Mammal here all year

The whole year

15 July – 28 December

the coastal calendar, shifted 14 days later for this region

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	15 February – 28 April	73 days	Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed.
young out of the den	29 April – 14 May	16 days	Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults.
courting	15 May – 14 July	61 days	Song, display, fighting, scent-marking — pairs forming or reaffirming.
going about the year	15 July – 28 December	167 days	Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out.
pregnant	29 December – 14 February	48 days	Pregnant. Nothing to see from outside, which is why the dates matter.

Other mammals in this region

Beech martenEdible dormouseEuropean hareGolden jackalLesser horseshoe batNorthern white-breasted hedgehogRed deerRed foxRoe deerWild boar

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