HUGE sand mound in garden??????

[epardoe11]

Hi, i am new to this site so hi everyone.


basically, i noticed the other day a random pile of sand on my slabs outside, was confused but thought nothing of it. Swept it back into the cracks and up the wall.



Then today, i get up for work and notice that where my black bags of rubbish were were all ripped open with a HUGE mound of sand underneath.

Literally 4/5 shovels worth of sand.

I presumed rats as all the bags were ripped open, yet the sand part confuses me??

Can anyone help me on this with any ideas?



oh, just for the record.. when i noticed the first load of sand there wasn't any black bags or any rubbish present.


Thanks



Ellis

[faz]

hi and welcome to WAB
you say sand so is wher you have slabbed as u mentiond puting sand back in the cracks ?

[epardoe11]

Originally Posted by faz

hi and welcome to WAB
you say sand so is wher you have slabbed as u mentiond puting sand back in the cracks ?

yeah, i swept the sand back in the cracks of the slabbed area, and upto the wall against next doors fence.


Ellis

[sunnydale]

Hi Ellis and welcome to WAB


Is there enough of a gap anywhere for a Mole to burrow up from below? I can't think of anything else that would cause heaps of sand, as you describe.

I don't think the sand piles and the ripped rubbish bags are connected!
Maybe you've had another hungry night time visitor too!

Tracey

[faz]

i lost this thread last night could not replie i though mole but under slabs would not be abel to get then thought if insects miner wasp ants etc but they would not produce shovel loads of sand im intreaged to know what it could be though any chance of pictures ?

[Burko]

Can you take a photo and post it up?

[valleyforge]

I think you shouldn't under-estimate the tunnelling and earth moving capabilities of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) ... it's not unusual for us to find huge piles of earth & sand that have appeared overnight inside our aviaries ... the culprit having been 'caught' red-handed on our IR cameras.

[faz]

Originally Posted by valleyforge

I think you shouldn't under-estimate the tunnelling and earth moving capabilities of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) ... it's not unusual for us to find huge piles of earth & sand that have appeared overnight inside our aviaries ... the culprit having been 'caught' red-handed on our IR cameras.

that might also explain the ripped bin bags ? or am i way off beam ther

[bigdave60dog]

You are right. If in doubt, think rat. Only look for other answers when you have eliminated ratty.

[faz]

Originally Posted by bigdave60dog

You are right. If in doubt, think rat. Only look for other answers when you have eliminated ratty.

we used to double bag bin bags at the zoo to stop rodents ripping them but nevr did think that was right