In article , Sacha wrote:

Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a
mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned
a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink,
but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas?

Rats?

That's a damn big rat! Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and
typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling
animal looking for food, rather than for nesting.

We had ferrets nesting in our compost heap one year. Wear gloves!

For a ferret THAT size, I would need chainmail-reinforced gloves!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.