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19-02-2010, 10:48 AM
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| | | Holes in my garden???
Hi, I have recently moved into my house which backs onto a field. There are about 10 holes (2" deep and about 4" wide) over the garden (see photos), and in the snow last night footprints. Can anyone tell me what animal they think there from.
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19-02-2010, 11:24 AM
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| | | Re: Holes in my garden???
 Could be rabbit or mouse...  |
19-02-2010, 02:59 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Nr Canterbury, Kent
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| | | Re: Holes in my garden???
Yes, I have holes on my lawn too. Was just talking about them to a friend last night actually. They tend to show more digging on one side but are always about half a finger deep with a rounded bottom. If it was digging for roots I would expect the bottom to be more irregular. I would love to have this mystery solved. Has anyone actually caught the perpetrator red pawed?
Last edited by animartco; 19-02-2010 at 03:06 PM.
Reason: correcting measurement
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19-02-2010, 03:05 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Yorkshire
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| | | Re: Holes in my garden???
Can you get or do you have a closer photo of the footprints? perhaps putting a shallow bowl full of clay with peanuts on would gets some prints to assess. What shape are the holes, steep sided or bowl shaped? |
24-02-2010, 11:41 AM
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| | | Re: Holes in my garden???
Hi, they are bowl shaped ans sorry no more photos. I went out in the garden and put the grass back with my hands and no-one has been back since |
24-02-2010, 05:57 PM
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| | | Re: Holes in my garden???
Sounds like grey Squirrel or brown rat. | | |
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