Scottish Badgers brings together individuals and groups from across Scotland to promote the study, conservation and protection of Scotland’s badgers, their setts and natural habitats. Together we seek to encourage tolerance and appreciation of badgers by offering information, advice and guidance to all.
Scottish Badgers is the only charity dedicated to the study, conservation and protection of badgers that operates in Scotland.
Be Involved
Scottish Badgers works to protect badgers, their setts and natural habitats. Badgers face multiple threats in the modern world, whether it be through high numbers of road casualties, deliberate badger persecution, or sett damage as a result of development, forestry and agricultural works. We do all this with a small but dedicated team of volunteers and contractors.
Want to help? Sending records of sightings, whether in your garden or dead at the side of the road, all help in learning about their populations and distributions.
Earn Your Stripes
‘Earn your Stripes – building skills to champion wildlife’ is a skills development project in partnership with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Through a series of sessions from wildlife tracking to practical conservation and championing wildlife, young people develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to help them thrive in work and life.
Latest News
- Charity publishes results of latest badger survey of Scotland
The charity Scottish Badgers has today (Tuesday 10th June 2025) published the results of their recent badger survey estimating the density and distribution of badger main setts in Scotland. The Scottish Badger Distribution Survey 2022-2025 was a… Read more: Charity publishes results of latest badger survey of Scotland - Colin Smyth MSP – Nature Champion of the Year 2024Representatives from the charity Scottish Badgers were delighted to present Colin Smyth MSP – Scottish Parliament’s Nature Champion for the Badger – with his award for MSP Nature Champion of the Year 2024. On Friday 7th March… Read more: Colin Smyth MSP – Nature Champion of the Year 2024