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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
A few weeks ago, there were two neat holes dug around the stump of a tree
we'd just cut down. Last night, there were two holes in the middle of our grass!! About 4 inches across with a lot of "digging spray" behind them. I can take pics if necessary. What on earth is trying to dig my lawn up? I don't mind now as we're about to scrape it up and rotovate. I will however be seriously peeved if it happens when the new turf goes down!!! If it's apparent what my pest is, how do I get rid of it/them? a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
lots of animals dig holes in lawns. Rabbits, badgers (they dig little holes
for worms and things as well as big holes to live in). What sort of animal is likely to be getting in? How is your garden fenced/hedged etc? Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
I am a mole and I live in a hole
al wrote: : A few weeks ago, there were two neat holes dug around the stump of a : tree we'd just cut down. Last night, there were two holes in the : middle of our grass!! About 4 inches across with a lot of "digging : spray" behind them. I can take pics if necessary. : : What on earth is trying to dig my lawn up? I don't mind now as we're : about to scrape it up and rotovate. I will however be seriously : peeved if it happens when the new turf goes down!!! If it's apparent : what my pest is, how do I get rid of it/them? : : : : a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
On Fri, 9 May 2003 19:51:59 +0100, "hayley"
wrote: lots of animals dig holes in lawns. Rabbits, badgers (they dig little holes for worms and things as well as big holes to live in). What sort of animal is likely to be getting in? How is your garden fenced/hedged etc? Hayley We get holes like this in the beds on our allotment sometimes and I reckon it's badgers (there are known to be setts on the disused railway embankment that runs alongside the site). It doesn't happen very often so I'm happy to share. We also get human footprints, which is *much* more annoying. Since I'm wibbling: I once found half a rat on the allotment, fortunately before the dog noticed it. I wonder what the story behind that was? -- Stuart Baldwin news\at/boxatrix\dot/co\dot/uk |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"hayley" wrote in message
... lots of animals dig holes in lawns. Rabbits, badgers (they dig little holes for worms and things as well as big holes to live in). What sort of animal is likely to be getting in? How is your garden fenced/hedged etc? Hayley Well this one is definitely nocturnal if that helps! We do have a large park with a small river running through it behind our property. There's a brick wall at the end and fences on each side. The fence on one side doesn't quite reach the ground in places (sloping lawn). Any way of further identifying it or finding out why it's suddenly attracted here (bar sitting motionless with a torch in the garden all night!!)? a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
message ... I am a mole and I live in a hole And why you you dig a hole, my little mole?? a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
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... We get holes like this in the beds on our allotment sometimes and I reckon it's badgers (there are known to be setts on the disused railway embankment that runs alongside the site). It doesn't happen very often so I'm happy to share. What do badgers dig for? a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
Stuart wrote in message : We get holes like this in the beds on our allotment sometimes and I reckon it's badgers (there are known to be setts on the disused railway embankment that runs alongside the site). It doesn't happen very often so I'm happy to share. We also get human footprints, which is *much* more annoying. Since I'm wibbling: I once found half a rat on the allotment, fortunately before the dog noticed it. I wonder what the story behind that was? Yes, we once found a rat that had been half buried so that only the head was above ground. It looked bizarre, as if it had just emerged and was looking around. We put it down to foxes which we are always digging holes in our plots, you should see our seed bed, looks like a bomb site. Then there's the local cats and the squirrels looking for their buried nuts, and the crows......... -- Bob www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in Runnymede fighting for it's existence. |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"Sue & Bob Hobden" wrote in message
news:b9hbig$ivk7f$1@ID- Yes, we once found a rat that had been half buried so that only the head was above ground. It looked bizarre, as if it had just emerged and was looking around. We put it down to foxes which we are always digging holes in our plots, you should see our seed bed, looks like a bomb site. Then there's the local cats and the squirrels looking for their buried nuts, and the crows......... Crows digging holes ...!? Anyway, this hole is in the middle of tough, well-established grass that you'd be doing well to get a shovel through. Some serious claws to do that. Seems a bit too small and round to be dog/cat/fox, but that's just conjecture. Plus they normally only do that for covering waste/finding bones don't they? Half a foot deep too - do squirrels dig that deep and aren't they daytime animals? a |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
Any way of further
identifying it or finding out why it's suddenly attracted here (bar sitting motionless with a torch in the garden all night!!)? try looking closely at the bottom of the fence. Animals (esp. badgers) often leave bits of fur where they've squeezed through. If it is coarse, grey/black/white it's probably a badger. Rabbits are more soft and fluffy/brown. Foxes trends to smell strongly. Rabbits also eat plants, lots, so you'd probably notice plant damage if it were rabbits. Don't know why it would suddenly happen though. Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
What do badgers dig for?
slugs, worms, beetles etc. This is what they eat. Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
"al" wrote in message ... "Sue & Bob Hobden" wrote in message news:b9hbig$ivk7f$1@ID- Yes, we once found a rat that had been half buried so that only the head was above ground. It looked bizarre, as if it had just emerged and was looking around. We put it down to foxes which we are always digging holes in our plots, you should see our seed bed, looks like a bomb site. Then there's the local cats and the squirrels looking for their buried nuts, and the crows......... Crows digging holes ...!? Anyway, this hole is in the middle of tough, well-established grass that you'd be doing well to get a shovel through. Some serious claws to do that. Seems a bit too small and round to be dog/cat/fox, but that's just conjecture. Plus they normally only do that for covering waste/finding bones don't they? Half a foot deep too - do squirrels dig that deep and aren't they daytime animals? a It could be shrews they dig holes to mate at this time of the year. |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
In article , hayley
writes Any way of further identifying it or finding out why it's suddenly attracted here (bar sitting motionless with a torch in the garden all night!!)? 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. 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! -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
And some roots, ask veggie gardeners in the rurals
Neil "hayley" wrote in message ... What do badgers dig for? slugs, worms, beetles etc. This is what they eat. Hayley |
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What animal digs small holes in lawn??
In message , al
writes Anyway, this hole is in the middle of tough, well-established grass that you'd be doing well to get a shovel through. Some serious claws to do that. Seems a bit too small and round to be dog/cat/fox, but that's just conjecture. Plus they normally only do that for covering waste/finding bones don't they? Half a foot deep too - do squirrels dig that deep and aren't they daytime animals? 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 |
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