what's been digging in my garden?

[evilgrayson]

Easy way to find out if it's a mole - excavate. Take the heap back to the surface, and see what you find. The molehills I excavated when smaller had a packed dirt 'plug', so I couldn't have felt the run if I'd tried. Excavate the plug, though, and the run was beneath.

[aland]

Hello marcia, do not worry about your hedgehog, we have several including baby's living in our straw shed with four fox cubs, it is funny to see them roll down two or three bales, never spotted them climbing up though, my wife feeds them scraps, aland.

[Nightranger]

Originally Posted by wildherbalian85

I'm sure the Hog will would be fine from the fox...

True, it is badgers that can be a problem for hedgehogs but usually only if the local hedgehog population is high.

[Nightranger]

Originally Posted by Marcia

Hi wildherbalian85, seems like the soil have been turned over from deep down towards the surface, not the opposite. I'm more inclined now to think it was a mole... I certainly hope it wasn't not a fox as I'm about to release a rehabilitated hedgehog in the garden

I agree with the view that this is a molehill but it is unusual in form simply because the animal hit the edge of the path. I actually saw one mole fall out the side of one of these hills outside my then office window at The Lodge. The mole actually ran along the path before crash diving into a nearby flower bed wwhere the soil was looseenough to affect a rapid escape.