Badgers can be found near to several of our waters, as they usually locate their Setts near to a water source, Badger setts are protected in uk law, so blocking, digging, or tampering with a sett could get you in trouble with the law. But in the UK things are not always straight forward, as there have been Badger culls in Cheshire for several years, these culls were brought about by the farming community as the Badgers were blamed for spreading TB to farm cows, but the Cull has not reduced TB in cows and the studies that blamed the Badgers has been brought into question. when the current Government came to power they decided to end badger culls and not issue any new cull licences, but the current culls have been allowed to continue until their licences end in a few years time. most people only see a Badger when it has unfortunately been run over and dies at the roadside, any anglers out night fishing on our waters may hear badgers or if you are lucky you might see one, they are not dangerous to humans and are quite timid, please click on the link to the woodland trust website for more badger information