Evening Wildlife Watching Hide End of Year-Round Up 2025
- Harris Brooker
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min read
It’s now the end of 2025 and it has been an incredible year. We have had lots of sightings of Badgers, Pine Martens, the Scottish Wildcat, including more than one, Wood Mice, Bank Voles, Tawny Owls, Barn Owls, a variety of songbirds as well as Red and Roe Deer. Hopefully 2026 will be just as full of sightings as 2025.
Badgers
Despite the cold, Badgers are still appearing. One night a male came in from the left-hand side and started feeding. I pointed out to the guests that the male has a broader head than the female and are usually larger on average. Then, as if to provide the required contrast a female came in and fed with the male. The rain was really coming down now, but this didn’t put off the Badgers, if anything, they like the rain because their favourite food of worms comes out. Despite the windy conditions, we could hear the Badges through the microphone, eating noisily to the amusement of the guests. Then, all of a sudden, perhaps they were spooked by the sound of the wind, they ran away together into the bushes.
Pine Martens
There are still Pine Martens to be seen, both the male and female. One night, over an hour passed with no sign of anything. Then at 19:54 the female Pine Marten suddenly appeared and ran along the log bridge and fed on the peanuts and sultanas provided for it. It amazed the guests, who were from southern England and had never seen Pine Martens before. The Pine Marten stayed for thirty minutes before disappearing down a tree. The guests left very happy that night, with two Badgers and a Pine Marten.
Other Wildlife
One night we had a Palmate Newt on a paving slab whilst going into the hide and a few weeks earlier a Wood Mouse was peeking from a crack in the wall of the platform. The Scottish Wildcat had been around a few weeks earlier and hopefully will be seen again before 2025 is out.
If you would like to visit our Evening Wildlife Watching Hide go to: http://bit.ly/sw_EWW
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