Lone pathfinder...

....or just a selfish greedy badger. Saturday night saw just one of the badgers turn up just after 20:00 and have the badger box all to itself for 20 minutes before Captain and the last badger arrived. They were fairly cordial about sharing the contents but by that time the raw eggs, baked beans and coronation chicken had all but disappeared. On Sunday two emerged together before the third popped up 5 minutes later. Their defence of the badger box is quite skillful to watch, they move their bodies like the hand on a clock, keeping their snouts firmly buried in the food, so as to block any attacking move from the other badgers. Occasionally it descends into a little fight and one gets a nip but rarely does it go beyond that. We've been trying to see if there is some sort of hierarchy amongst the three of them but there is nothing consistent. Captain showed dominance last night and held control of the badger box for a long time compared to the others but he is not the largest of the three and by no means always gets his own way. We're still waiting for the other two to show identifiable characteristics before we name them.