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Bath Badger Watch with Gary Moore

Guided Walk Includes:
  • Price – £45 per person
  • Date - Thursday 13 August 2020 - SOLD OUT
  • Includes - Soup & Sandwich at the Combe Grove Hotel, tour of the grounds with natural historian Gary Moore before watching a family of badgers emerging from their set.
  • Limited number of places – 5 per group
  • Start/Finish Timings – Experience starts at 8pm finishing at 10pm
  • ​Meeting Location - Combe Grove Hotel
We will be hosting a series of guided wildlife walks in Bath capturing the spring, summer and autumn seasonal changes. The walks will be lead by Gary Moore, a highly experienced BBC wildlife sound recordist, ornithologist, natural historian and Bath local. He has worked on numerous BBC wildlife documentaries including the Autumn/Winter/Springwatch series and a number of David Attenborough productions. Our second walk in the series will provide the opportunity to observe a family of badgers.
Gary Moore in action on a recent BBC Springwatch programme
Your experience will start with an introduction from Gary Moore whilst enjoying a warming soup and sandwich at the Combe Grove Hotel. Here you will have the opportunity to ask Gary any questions you might have concerning local species and his work as a natural history sound recordist. This will be followed by a short walk through the 60 acre Combe Grove estate before settling into field chairs to observe a family of badgers emerging form their set. Light and time dependent this will be followed by the opportunity to observe some of the estates nocturnal species.

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What to expect?

  • Experience the beginning of the night shift for a badger family
  • Warming soup and a sandwich to set you up for a short guided walk before sitting in an open hide to observe badger activity
  • Evening with skilled ornithologist and naturalist
  • Increase understanding of animal identification, calls and likely habitats
  • Gary will share his experiences as a BBC natural history sound recordist

What do you need to bring with you?

  • Sensible outdoor clothing including a waterproof jacket, warm hat and top - Soft clothing makes the least noise
  • Walking shoes, trail shoes or trainers
  • Flask of tea/coffee
  • Binoculars if you have them
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    • Bath Stand Up Paddleboard Tours
    • Bath Paddleboard Weekends
  • Bikepacking Weekends
  • Bath Outdoors Store
  • Bath Walking Tours
    • Bath Walking Tours
    • Bath Dawn Chorus Walk
    • Bath Badger Watch With Gary Moore
  • Road Cycling Weekends
  • Corporate, Groups & Schools
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