On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:33:27 +0100, K wrote:

lloyd writes
Noticed a couple of holes appeared in the grass this week, about the
size of an empty toilet roll (2inch?) the first one I run the hose
down and it never filled ( A Chaplin sketch comes to mind lol) then I
placed a brick over it. The second I just put some old bricks, cement
down it. Next day the cement had been taken out!!

What could possibly be making them and why? I presume rats though
somewhat small maybe! Why no soil spoil either? If a mole needs to
make such big hills, how come this creature doesn't?

Not too fussed as I only cut my grass to make the lawn tidy, rather
than look like a cricket pitch. Just curious.

Could be bank vole. They are very good at making a whole 'rabbit warren'
of little tunnels in grassy areas, and they are very common. The way the
water was disappearing suggests the holes go a long way, and the fact
the cement disappeared suggests the hole is in regular use, so I don't
think it's squirrels burying nuts. Rats are very sensible cautious
creatures, and would prefer somewhere more out of the way than a lawn
which gets a lawn mower over it every couple of weeks or so.

We do have a dyke/ditch running across the other side of the road.
Only really gets water in very heavy rains though. Too small for squiz
or anything like that.

Think I might set up a security light and camera to see if I can find
out what it is. Guess I should maybe unblock the holes then. Where the
soil goes is still a puzzler. Must watch out for the kids shaking soil
from their trouser legs as they pass by.