National Badger Day
6 October is National Badger Day, with a whole heap of love for this iconic native British wildlife species.
Event Details
- Event Date 06.10.25
- Category Annual/Special Days/Weeks/Months
- Website Website
- Organiser Badger Trust
National Badger Day is part of #Brocktober - a whole month to support badgers!
Seven top tips to keep nature a happy place for us and for badgers!
- Help protect your local green spaces so badgers and other wildlife can thrive in their natural habitats.
- Learn how to live with badger visitors and leave space for them to forage.
- Sign up for the next stage of our first citizen science project, State of the Badger, to help us understand the population health of badgers and safeguard their future.
- Try our responsible badger-watching tips to get to know – and love! – your local badgers.
- Use our free planning and development guides to help protect badgers and their homes from harm and avoid long-term problems.
- Report badger road traffic casualties to identify accident hotspots and save badgers.
- Make a difference to badgers near you - get involved with your local badger group.
Learning resources for badger cubs of all ages
The badger education hub has lots of FREE resources to help with learning at home and at school, designed to support educators and learners to explore everything about badgers, their habitats and the issues they face.
The Secret Life of Badgers film
The educational film, packed with real-life footage of badgers and clear, bright infographics, is timed to celebrate ‘National Badger Day’ on 6th October. But as every day is Badger Day for our charity, you can use it any time of the year!
This 12-minute film is designed especially for assembly and classroom use for KS1 and KS2 learners and is a great place to start learning about badgers, helping to educate the next generation of badger protectors and wildlife enthusiasts.
The Secret Life of Badgers is broken up into several easy sections and is narrated by Billy Heaney, an enthusiastic zoologist and wildlife presenter. It's suitable for KS2 as a standalone 'plug and play' activity, or for KS1 and KS2 as a 'play and pause' interactive assembly.
The following resources include Teacher notes and Pupil worksheets:
- KS1 Class exercise for Secret Life of Badgers film
- KS2 Badger Fact File for Secret Life of Badgers film
A collaboration between Badger Trust and Binfield Badger Group.