Video shows wild boars herding a large group of piglets across a road in part of the UK where their numbers have boomed.<br /><br />Two adult boars and at least 13 piglets were captured causing a roadblock in the Forest of Dean.<br /><br />The population of feral boars in the area has swelled in recent years - with some even learning when bin day is so they can ransack resident's rubbish.<br /><br />Mike Powell, from Lydney, Glos., was driving through Viney Hill with his daughter last Tuesday (28 May) when they saw the boars.<br /><br />Mike said: "Seeing boar isn’t unusual, in fact I see them most days when walking my dogs - but seeing this number of juvenile boar together was something I’d not seen before."<br /><br />According to Forestry England, the Forest of Dean is an "ideal habitat for feral wild boar".<br /><br />In the video, one adult boar can be seen leading the group of piglets, with the other rounding them up in the middle until they all crossed the road safely.<br /><br />Mike, who spends most of his free time in the Severn estuary trying to keep knowledge of its heritage fisheries alive, shared the video across his X page @severnpiscator.<br /><br />He said: "It certainly is not a great spot for them but thankfully a very slow section of road."<br /><br />Wild boar can stand up to 80cm at the shoulder and they normally weigh between 60–100kg.<br /><br />Piglets are a lighter ginger-brown, with stripes on their coat for camouflage.<br /><br />For more information visit: https://www.forestryengland.uk/article/wild-boar-the-forest-dean
