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Strange holes in lawn
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Newby here. I wonder if anyone out there can help answer my query. Recently a couple of holes have appeared on my lawn. I have no idea what caused them and wonder if anyone can help identify the cause from my description. I know they're not mole holes, because I've had plenty of those in the past. The holes are small in diameter, somewhere round about half an inch or 3/4 inch, and there is no sign of any earth (spoil) around the holes. The holes go down at an angle rather than being straight down. I poked a cyrtain wire down them to see if I could see if anything was in them, but no luck. They appear to be about 12 to 15 inches to the end, and curve slightly as they go down, so that they appear to be more or less parallel to the surface of the lawn at the end (as far as I can tell using the curtain wire "probe"). Any ideas? Could they have been dug by a small animal? And if so, why isn't there any earth around the holes? I've never seen anything like them before although we've lived here over 20 years. Any help appreciated! Cheers Flummoxed |
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Short answer-don't know.
But I've seen short tailed voles disappear into such holes-no spoil, half inch etc. They are the commonest British mammal eat grass. "Flummoxed" wrote in message oups.com... How do folks Newby here. I wonder if anyone out there can help answer my query. Recently a couple of holes have appeared on my lawn. I have no idea what caused them and wonder if anyone can help identify the cause from my description. I know they're not mole holes, because I've had plenty of those in the past. The holes are small in diameter, somewhere round about half an inch or 3/4 inch, and there is no sign of any earth (spoil) around the holes. The holes go down at an angle rather than being straight down. I poked a cyrtain wire down them to see if I could see if anything was in them, but no luck. They appear to be about 12 to 15 inches to the end, and curve slightly as they go down, so that they appear to be more or less parallel to the surface of the lawn at the end (as far as I can tell using the curtain wire "probe"). Any ideas? Could they have been dug by a small animal? And if so, why isn't there any earth around the holes? I've never seen anything like them before although we've lived here over 20 years. Any help appreciated! Cheers Flummoxed |
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Recently a couple of holes have appeared on my lawn. I know they're not mole holes, because I've had plenty of those in the past. The holes are small in diameter, somewhere round about half an inch or 3/4 inch, and there is no sign of any earth (spoil) around the holes. The holes go down at an angle rather than being straight down. I poked a cyrtain wire down them to see if I could see if anything was in them, but no luck. They appear to be about 12 to 15 inches to the end, and curve slightly as they go down, so that they appear to be more or less parallel to the surface of the lawn at the end (as far as I can tell using the curtain wire "probe"). Any ideas? Large member of the beetle family whose larva lives underground? -- Jo |
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On 24 Aug 2005 00:49:37 -0700, Flummoxed wrote:
How do folks Newby here. I wonder if anyone out there can help answer my query. Recently a couple of holes have appeared on my lawn. I have no idea what caused them and wonder if anyone can help identify the cause from my description. I know they're not mole holes, because I've had plenty of those in the past. The holes are small in diameter, somewhere round about half an inch or 3/4 inch, and there is no sign of any earth (spoil) around the holes. The holes go down at an angle rather than being straight down. I poked a cyrtain wire down them to see if I could see if anything was in them, but no luck. They appear to be about 12 to 15 inches to the end, and curve slightly as they go down, so that they appear to be more or less parallel to the surface of the lawn at the end (as far as I can tell using the curtain wire "probe"). Any ideas? Could they have been dug by a small animal? And if so, why isn't there any earth around the holes? I've never seen anything like them before although we've lived here over 20 years. Any help appreciated! Cheers Flummoxed I'd go with David and suggest voles. We've got them all over here. -- Tim C. |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:09:03 +0200, martin wrote:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:41:35 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote: I'd go with David and suggest voles. We've got them all over here. We haven't, we have two cats. All the neighbours - including the farms - have cats, but they generally hunt in the fields, (and just crap in out garden :-( ). -- Tim C. |
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