I was asked by a client to add 2" mesh aluminium square mesh to the bottom of her fence line and into the earth as she has a badger problem. They are either coming in this way or out.
Anyway we finished and she was over the moon, 3 days later they have destroyed the ground of one area and bitten through the edge of the square mesh !
We blocked another area, when we think they may either be entering from, or exiting from.
Any ideas, I do have a few snaps, but icloud sharing hasn't worked this eve!
I informed her i'm no wildlife expert, but i'll go back to the drawing board, just thank god, we never laid all the seed, or turf, as they ripped up alot of earth around the bottom of the fence line. !
Thanks
Andrew
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Why did the ask for aluminium I wonder?
If they're like rabbit digging it into the ground won't do anything, they'll just dig under it they're not that stupid. However you can trick rabbits by laying it flat on the ground (so grass grows through it and it'll bury itself just under the turf eventually). I don't know if this works for badgers though.
Also with them eating aluminium they might get aluminium poisoning from it.
unfortunaltely badgers are pretty strong and pretty determined and not much will keep them out,Doubling up on the mesh wire and re-inforcing it with wood just above ground level, so their is no flex/give in it is your best hope, that said they can dig several feet under the ground if the soil is friable and will do just that if they decide thats what they want to do.
These are 2 images the client sent me. Just so you have an idea
2nd image here as attachment
This works as the yard has concrete floor on the farm yard side.
First it sounds like you need to work out if they are inside or outside the fence line. If they are inside your got problems. Would be worth getting local advice from anyone badger related http://www.nfbg.org.uk and ask what they recommend. Work with these people as they probably know about the set and any work carried out may get you in trouble.
Mark@ MWJONES LTD
Hi Andrew,
I have worked on a few badger projects.
All have come with different requirements and different specs.
Where is the garden situated and do you know where the sett is?
The badger people will let you know what is acceptable in your circumstance.
However if they are passing through, put in one way gates so that they can leave the property without having to damage your deterrents and as Mark has said above chainlink fencing has worked well for us in the past, on one occasion we buried 1.8m galv chainlink in the ground 1.2m deep vertically and the customer hasn't seen a badger in the garden since and they had a sett in the neighbours garden, it may have been overkill but it worked. One way gates were installed but i think to date never been used.