The inside track: how to spot the telltale signs of badgers, otters and more

Keen to find Britain's wild creatures in their natural environments? Conservationist and tracking expert Simone Bullion explains howWild animals are all around us whenever we venture into the countryside, but many of us have no idea where they are, what they are or how to recognise the clues they leave. Once you know what you are looking for, you can decode the forest floor or riverbank and unlock the secrets of where a badger has been sleeping, what a fox has been eating and where an otter has been playing. You will need beady eyes - and occasionally a willingness to sniff some horrid things - but you will be rewarded with new insight into the lives of some of Britain's most delightful mammals.If you want to know for sure which wild beasts are waiting in the woods or hills near you, learning the signs of these five critters is a good place to start. Continue reading...