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Old 26-01-2009, 05:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Hedgehog predator?

On Jan 26, 2:53*pm, Rusty_Hinge
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This morning I found a hole dug in my lawn, about two inches deep and
obviously made by paws and claws. Next to the hole was the remains of
a hedgehog - prickles only the rest had gone (eaten?) Can anybody
suggest what the predator might have been?


Fox.


It looked like too clean a job for a fox to me. My cats usually keep
them away. What was the purpose of the scrape? Would that indicate
badger rather than fox or vice versa?