This is getting silly. The young badgers were back tonight, and provided me with the best photo sequence so far, to say nothing of the sheer delight of just watching them. Here's a small selection of tonight's photos. For most of them I was about 15 feet away, though that closed to around 6 feet for the photo of the badger on the path. As long as I didn't move, they seemed fine and simply ignored the camera.
The first badger appears…
But it wasn't alone…
I crept forward to get a better angle, taking care not to disturb them…
One of the badgers slips away… the other settles down…
A brief foray down the path…
And then a final look round…
And to complete things, just before the badgers appeared a fox made the briefest of appearances providing just a single frame. 
That's what I call a good night!
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
derWandersmann
15 Aug 2012A good night, indeed! Congratulations!
gdare
15 Aug 2012Foxes, badgers, birds, dragonflies, frogs and slugs… How about opening a zoo? :whistle:
SittingFox
15 Aug 2012I love their paws. So bear-like.
derWandersmann
15 Aug 2012Or wolverines. 😉
Words
16 Aug 2012dW, thanks! I've been enjoying the past few nights.
Words
16 Aug 2012Adele, those feet are something else. I wouldn't like to tangle with them.
Words
16 Aug 2012Darko, we're doing well out there this year, but a zoo would mean people and that's not great 😉
Words
16 Aug 2012dW, yep! Same family.