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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"hayley" wrote in message
news:3ebc3ba9$1_2@mk-nntp- try looking closely at the bottom of the fence. Animals (esp. badgers) often leave bits of fur where they've squeezed through. If it is coarse, grey/black/white it's probably a badger. Rabbits are more soft and fluffy/brown. Foxes trends to smell strongly. Rabbits also eat plants, lots, so you'd probably notice plant damage if it were rabbits. Don't know why it would suddenly happen though. Hayley No fur at all, but I have found two areas that look disturbed where an animal could crawl though. I've posted some pics at this address: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
Also, if it's badger, if you run your fingers along the hair one way it feels smooth and the other way distinctly coarse. Personally, I think it is a rabbit. We are being overrun by the blighters and little holes like you have described are appearing all over the place ( At this time of year, you can often see them early in the morning, say just after dawn, just before they bed down for the day! Can't find any evidence being left, bar the holes. Have a look at these pics I took, see if it means anything: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"Robert" wrote in message
... From our observations of lawn excavations during the last five years - If the holes were about 50/60mm in diameter and 60/90mm deep with no evidence of the earth being scraped out I would suggest woodpeckers after ants. Holes in lawns made by badgers are usually 70/100mm diameter and 100/150mmm deep with very obvious signs of the earth being scraped out to one side and they are often in small groups. If you can get a shovel into the ground a badger will have no difficulty digging in it - they only have problems if the turf is exceptionally dry and hard after a prolonged drought. Foxes excavations tend to be larger with the spoil scattered over a wider area than badger creations and they normally choose softer ground. Squirrels tend to make quite small, shallow scrapes in lawns to bury food and then fill them in again. On the odd occasion we have found very deep holes about 50mm across which we assume are made by small rodents. We have no experience of rabbit depredations - the foxes see to that. -- Robert Mine are about 200-300mm deep (where successful). There are a couple in harder ground where I think whatever animal it was gave up! I've put some pics up at the following address: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
In a fit of excitement al uttered:
"Robert" wrote in message ... From our observations of lawn excavations during the last five years - If the holes were about 50/60mm in diameter and 60/90mm deep with no evidence of the earth being scraped out I would suggest woodpeckers after ants. Holes in lawns made by badgers are usually 70/100mm diameter and 100/150mmm deep with very obvious signs of the earth being scraped out to one side and they are often in small groups. If you can get a shovel into the ground a badger will have no difficulty digging in it - they only have problems if the turf is exceptionally dry and hard after a prolonged drought. Foxes excavations tend to be larger with the spoil scattered over a wider area than badger creations and they normally choose softer ground. Squirrels tend to make quite small, shallow scrapes in lawns to bury food and then fill them in again. On the odd occasion we have found very deep holes about 50mm across which we assume are made by small rodents. We have no experience of rabbit depredations - the foxes see to that. -- Robert Mine are about 200-300mm deep (where successful). There are a couple in harder ground where I think whatever animal it was gave up! I've put some pics up at the following address: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ a Looks like a bunny to me... -- \\(º`¿´º)// It's probably on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere.... If you can be bothered to look for it.... |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"al" wrote in message ... "hayley" wrote in message news:3ebc3ba9$1_2@mk-nntp- try looking closely at the bottom of the fence. Animals (esp. badgers) often leave bits of fur where they've squeezed through. If it is coarse, grey/black/white it's probably a badger. Rabbits are more soft and fluffy/brown. Foxes trends to smell strongly. Rabbits also eat plants, lots, so you'd probably notice plant damage if it were rabbits. Don't know why it would suddenly happen though. Hayley No fur at all, but I have found two areas that look disturbed where an animal could crawl though. I've posted some pics at this address: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ There's only one answer to this "ALIENS" (search the skies ,search the skies) |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"Bigjon" wrote in message
Looks like a bunny to me... -- Any easy way of discouraging them rather than a battle of trying to keep them out with mesh, etc.? a |
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"@ttilla the pun" wrote in message
There's only one answer to this "ALIENS" (search the skies ,search the skies) But there's no crop circles .... a |
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In a fit of excitement al uttered:
"Bigjon" wrote in message Looks like a bunny to me... -- Any easy way of discouraging them rather than a battle of trying to keep them out with mesh, etc.? a If you never had them(it) before, what's new or different? There is not much you can do without a strong mesh fence (embedded at least a foot into the soil), but.. try removing any piles of cuttings, low covering plants, stone piles or other debris to prevent the rabbits from hiding there. a place with little cover is not attractive to any intruders, not just Rabbitts! Try planting garlic, onions or Mexican marigolds in your garden. Hawks and owls are natural predators of rabbits, so you might consider building nesting boxes for these birds. You could try sprinkling around the garden pepper or talcum powder, or even setting out a section of garden hose that may look like a snake to the rabbit.... -- \\(º`¿´º)// |
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Instead of burying netting 12 inches into the ground, just bend the bottom 6
inches back along the ground. Rabbits reaching a fence start to dig, they don't have the sense to back of a bit if they hit problems -- David Hill Abacus Nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
On Sat, 10 May 2003 00:40:25 +0100, "hayley"
wrote: What do badgers dig for? slugs, worms, beetles etc. This is what they eat. Hayley that's when thery're not taking the eggs or chicks of ground-nesting birds, stealing pheasant-poults out of their pens or digging under my neighbour's chicken wire and smashing their way into the coops to murder his banties. we're overrun with the b*st*rds, I wish they were a tenth as rare as their 'protected' status implies /rant -- Derek Turner Outlook Express is worth precisely what you paid for it. |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"Bigjon" wrote in message
If you never had them(it) before, what's new or different? When I say never - never in the 6 months we've been here There is not much you can do without a strong mesh fence (embedded at least a foot into the soil), but.. try removing any piles of cuttings, low covering plants, stone piles or other debris to prevent the rabbits from hiding there. a place with little cover is not attractive to any intruders, not just Rabbitts! Try planting garlic, onions or Mexican marigolds in your garden. Hawks and owls are natural predators of rabbits, so you might consider building nesting boxes for these birds. You could try sprinkling around the garden pepper or talcum powder, or even setting out a section of garden hose that may look like a snake to the rabbit.... -- Where they dug there was no cover at all - the biggest hole was bang in the middle of the lawn! Might try sprinkling a bit of pepper around the borders though. a |
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Any easy way of discouraging them rather than a battle of trying to keep
them out with mesh, etc.? get a nice big cat Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
Any easy way of discouraging them rather than a battle of trying to keep
them out with mesh, etc.? get a nice big cat Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"al" wrote in news:K_5va.815$KY6.626@news-
binary.blueyonder.co.uk: No fur at all, but I have found two areas that look disturbed where an animal could crawl though. I've posted some pics at this address: http://www.alanirl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ That definitely looks like rabbit. I don't think a badger would get through those gaps without leaving fur and probably having to move some of the soil too. If rabbit, it's a wild one, not a domestic escapee, because the holes are so small. I suggest a close inspection of all the fences, and apply chicken wire to any gaps underneath. Bend the wire outwards, as someone has suggested. If you can, enclose the garden, rather than looking for plants that rabbits don't like. Rabbits will eat almost anything when they are hungry enough, and are very adaptable to new food sources! Victoria |
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