"sam" wrote...
Bob Hobden wrote:
Some of our potatoes have been eaten, not by slugs, we know what that
looks like thank you.

The marks are shallow scoops out of the flesh on most damaged ones
although some have been eaten almost away. Are there any small
(burrowing) rodents that eat potatoes below ground? That's what it looks
like.

What makes me ask is seeing a vole type creature today scurry around
where we have some lettuce. We have bait boxes containing a powerful
rat/mouse poison spread around the plot so whatever it is it doesn't eat
the peanut butter flavoured bait. I'm wondering if it may therefore be
mainly carnivorous as not as many potatoes were slug attacked as we
expected considering the weather. Could it be eating the slugs and
damaging the potatoes in the process?

Any teeth marks,Bob?That will tell you if it's a mammal.

Looking closely at the gouges there do appear to be marks, as made by tiny
teeth.
Voles it is then.
Now I'll have to try to ID them, the one I got sight of was small with brown
fur, a pointed nose and stubby tail.

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Regards
Bob Hobden