Hi there ...sorry but didn't realise you guys had responded to my problem...okay dokey I'm posting the 1st trail/track on the lawn from last year think it was September or October it looks nothing really.....I will take a photo tomorrow in day light of how lawn is now. We just need some advise please.
Not sure if my post worked...Still working my way round the tech here lol anyway here is photo of 1st trail same trail just photo taken at different angles..I know it doesn't look much but this was last Sept/Oct it looks terrible now. I will get pictures in daylight tomorrow and post them. Sorry about just getting back you you all. I didn't realise I had comments re my post.
Just a thought but could it be leatherjackets attacking from underneath? My newly laid lawn a few years ago was decimated. The hedgehogs damaged nothing!
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Leatherjackets decimated my well established lawn last year, huge brown patches where the grass just turned brown and broke away from the ground. I was already unsure about wanting much of a lawn and that totally put me off.
The track in the photo could well be a hog, and the grass is also quite long in the photos, which makes the track more visible, but it could even be a rat, cat or rabbit.
I'd already mentioned crows etc digging for chafers/leatherjackets, but there is no connection between that track and that kind of activity.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They will certainly cause damage in the form of yellow,dying patches and foxes will dig for them. I speak from personal experience ! As @Fairygirl says, it could be a hedgehog snuffling around looking for worms, but to be honest it could be one of several creatures. The poo could be a clue. (Bit of unintentional poetry there).
Morning everyone....going to post photos: beautiful lawn put down 21 Sept 2021....1st trail through grass about 7/ 8 weeks later ..... photos today it has also been suggested along with hedgehog it could be rat (s)
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My newly laid lawn a few years ago was decimated.
The hedgehogs damaged nothing!
I'd already mentioned crows etc digging for chafers/leatherjackets, but there is no connection between that track and that kind of activity.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/chafer-grubs-in-lawns
They will certainly cause damage in the form of yellow,dying patches and foxes will dig for them. I speak from personal experience !
As @Fairygirl says, it could be a hedgehog snuffling around looking for worms, but to be honest it could be one of several creatures. The poo could be a clue. (Bit of unintentional poetry there).