Badgers live in huge underground homes called 'setts'. A sett is like an underground town. It can have many tunnels, several entrances, separate sleeping rooms, and even a 'toilet' chamber. Some setts are over 100 years old, passed down from one badger family to the next, expanded with every generation.
Badgers live in family groups called 'clans', usually 4 to 8 members. They are very clean animals. Each spring they drag out the old grass and leaves they had been sleeping on, and bring in fresh new bedding from the woods - a bit like changing the sheets.
Their absolute favourite food is the earthworm. A single badger might eat several hundred worms in one night. They also eat insects, slugs, fruit, nuts and small mammals. Their powerful front claws are perfect for digging - and they leave little snuffle-marks in the ground where they have been hunting.
Because they only come out at night, most people in Britain have never actually seen a badger - even though there are around 500,000 of them. The best chance is to sit quietly near a known sett at sunset, downwind, and wait. They are shy, but if you are still and silent, they will come out.