What is digging up my lawn?

[STYRBJORN]

Sit out at night with a good torch with red cellophane over the lens. Most animals will ignore red light. If you get an ID, come back to us.

[posie]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

Sit out at night with a good torch with red cellophane over the lens. Most animals will ignore red light. If you get an ID, come back to us.

What, so we can all go and sit on his lawn to view the creatures from another planet eating his leatherjackets....

[nightshade]

It might make a lovely Video

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by posie

What, so we can all go and sit on his lawn to view the creatures from another planet eating his leatherjackets....

Posie - I'm an old biker from way back. Try to eat my leather jacket at your own peril!

[fluff11]

we have been having this problem for the last months since putting down a new turf lawn, some mornings its real carnage in the garden it makes you want to cry, we suspect badgers as have serveral setts locally

[maggot at toad hall]

If alot of turf is removed then it would be badgers. They find the new turf easy to move because it has not fully settled in and the results can look like they have completely turned over the turf.

Leatherjackets become inactive from midsummer onwards, when they start to pupate so that would explain why it stops.

A lot of birds will eat leather jackets, but I would not think they area causing this to happen at night.

The only way of really knowing what is doing it would be to spend a long night with several mugs of cocoa watching and waiting.

I'm intrigued to know what is causing it.

[posie]

Originally Posted by lifewild

I posted the original note, and over a year on this is still happening.

If it provides any further help, the digging only seems to be happening from April-June time. From July onwards, there are no holes!

We are all curious...but I guess we've got to wait til next April to do the mass WAB stop-over at lifewild's gaff to solve the mystery....(bring your own mug and plate)

Posie

[davecatt]

I'm up for it. A bottle of wine,a big chunk of Wensleydale, red filter on me torch,and Pink Floyd on the mp3 player (with head phones on of course) and I'm in heaven!