Brocktoberfest at Frugaldom

Badger at hut 2

The Brocktober Festival runs from Tuesday 1st October to Thursday 31st October 2024. This year, it is also celebrating 25 years of Scottish Badgers. Here at Frugaldom, as many of you will know, we have the fabulous 'Clan MacBrock'. Our badger family regularly visits the various feeding stations around the yard, to the great enjoyment of our visitng campervanners and motorhomers.

Badgers in the paddock

Our badger clan increased by 4 this year, with two females (sows) producing cubs. They have been visiting the feeding stations for the past couple of months, growing quickly and becoming more mischievous by the day.

Badgers like to climb

We feed the wildlife every night, putting out mainly peanuts, eggs (for the pine martens) and mealworms. Recently, the badgers discovered the eggs so we now have to hide them up much higher for the pine martens to find them before the badgers reach them.

Badger on the decking

The badgers think nothing of coming up onto the hut deckings to look for food but hadn't been touching the eggs. That all ended when one egg got broken when clumsy baby badger stood on it. That was the beginning of the end for supplying the pine martens with their favourite treat. It is now a race to find the eggs.

Our campervan and motorhome stopover aire has parking available overlooking the feeding stations so we invite anyone to come along any night in October, bring some peanuts and park up overnight for just £5 and watch for the wildlife. Likewise for the Friends of Frugaldom who want to badger watch - get in contact to book space in the yard and/or huts to ensure the best possibilities of seeing Clan MacBrock up close. You need to get here and be settled quietly before dusk but once the badgers appear, they are sometimes out around the feeding stations for upwards of an hour. In between times, the opportunist pine martens often put in an appearance. They love eggs but also stop for some peanuts or peanut butter. Through the winter months they will eat berries and fruit so we sometimes see them taking apples.

Get in contact to arrange our visit and if you haven't already joined our support group, you can choose your preferred membership via www.ko-fi.com/Frugaldom/tiers