I had seen some Badgers in the garden about 9.30pm and an hour later I was going to let the dog out in the garden before we went to bed. I put the security lights on before he was let out and went outside myself to make sure the Badgers weren't about.
I made a noise and a Badger popped his head out of the hedge and promptly shot off to the bottom of the garden, just when I thought that the coast was clear another large male Badger came out of the same place and he shot up to the bottom of the garden too.
After checking the bottom of the garden myself and seeing that they had gone, I was able to let the dog out. He knew that the Badgers had been in his garden and was running around in circles looking for them. It's no wonder that that part of the garden looks like a racetrack.