In the woodland there are also obvious tracks through the anemones and celandine, the fallen tree slightly worn where claws and bellies have sanded the bark away.
Over a few months I had got a few badgers coming to a spot on a regular basis by scattering around a few peanuts. We had seen them occasionally in the fading light, and then I worked on getting them to accept a bit of artificial light. I only get out on some weekend nights so it has been a bit of a protracted process. Very dim white light was OK, but a brighter light seemed to put them off. Some red film over the lights, start again from a dim light and I had at least one (and the odd fox) coming out eventually into light enough to focus by.
Finally the night came to try a snap. I resisted the temptation to take the fox - these wild ones are always a bit twitchy - but once the badger appeared and had been munching for a while I took a shot. The badger looked up briefly, then it was head down again.
Before I started I thought I'd probably prefer some darker, moodier shots reflecting the night conditions, but now I'm not so sure. The tree and flowers in the light behind look better than I envisaged.
I now have a second (cheap!) flash unit for a bit of a better balance and might try softening the light as well, so hopefully not too long before I get a chance to try again. We have once seen three out, so would be good to catch a couple sometime.
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