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
In June 2025, we published the results of our recent badger survey estimating the density and distribution of badger main setts in Scotland. The Scottish Badger Distribution Survey 2022-2025 was a repeat of a baseline survey carried… Read more: Charity publishes results of latest badger survey of Scotland - Backing Scotland’s Badgers – Match Funding total revealed!Thank you to everyone who donated so generously towards our recent fundraising drive to raise match funding to help us begin our transformative new ecosystems-focused project – Backing Scotland’s Badgers. With the 25% top-up on all donations… Read more: Backing Scotland’s Badgers – Match Funding total revealed!