Almost certainly the same badger tonight, in the same place as we saw it a few days ago. This time we were much closer to it - 20 or 30 feet away as it scampered across the road. It then stood in a garden and watched us for quite some time, and we watched it. The dog was very well behaved - I just spoke quietly to him and stroked him as he and the badger eyed each other up from, again, a distance of about 30'. Then the badger turned and disappeared into the shadows. All of this took place in a very urban environment, in Hill Road, just behind Prittlewell church. I wished I'd had my phone on me because I'd have got a pretty decent photograph.