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  • Badger Pitfalls

  • Saturday 6th Aug 2016 @ 17:59

  • Dawn Scott of Brighton University and her students have been learning about the badgers in the Maves area.  The main finding is that they lay dangerous heffalump-traps for the unwary, and take no prisoners, as they move between their setts and their foraging sites - often quite far afield.

    Here are some surveying students, but here also is the scary moment when our consultant ecologist Jackie fell into the heffalump trap. Dawn herself has a broken ankle - nothing to do with badgers of course - and we wish her speedy recovery.

     

     

    • MAVES began its work as an environmental charity in 2015.  By 2018 we had grown to the size requiring registration with the Charity Commission.  We did so under the name Arun Countryside Trust CIO to allow a wider long term remit, supporting the Arun countryside's cultural heritage alongside its natural environment.  We will continue to use the name 'MAVES' for our natural environment work. 

      Partner organisations include Sussex Wildlife Trust and Arundel Agenda 21.

    • MAVES, as the environmental wing of Arun Countryside Trust, aims to:

      Understand, conserve & enhance the environment and countryside of Arun