I glimpsed my first real badger today. Sadly, it wasn't like the ones in the photograph but laid dead on a dual carriageway, another four legged victim of a road traffic accident (I assume). I hadn't realised there were badgers in this area but it was instantly recognisable. It always upsets me to see the remains of what seem to be previously healthy animals at the side of roads and, unless it's my imagination, I seem to be seeing more and more. Foxes, rabbits, squirrels, birds, hedgehogs, a deer and, of course, pet dogs and cats who have strayed have all been bumped off on local roads. And I don't even live in a rural area - far from it. I don't know what the solution is. There probably isn't one.