al wrote:
"Zipadee Doodar" wrote in message
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What

attracts them to me?

Your nuts.

ZD


Yeah, OK, I can see this line of questioning is going to get me far! But
come on, why my garden? Why in grass? Why not in the bloody great park
behind my house!?

Also - general knowledge question on the little bushy rodents .... do they
hibernate and are they at all nocturnal?


a



AFAIK, they sort of hibernate! And only if it gets very cold, otherwise
they're up and about most of the winter.

As for why they bury their nuts in your garden rather than the park, I
would guess that the park is mostly grassland and there are no obvious
landmarks for reference points as to where they left there nuts.

My solution would be to leave them alone, but if they were really
causing a nuisance, to shoot them. I realise this may not be desirable
for you or practical!