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What is digging up our mossy lawn?

AcuwellAcuwell Posts: 87
in Problem solving
Does anyone have any idea what might be doing this (see pic below) to our lawn?  The holes are quite deep and very precise but only a few inches in diameter, so far mostly on the mossy bank area of our lawn - Badgers? Squirrels? Anything else?  It has just started a few weeks ago and getting worse.  Many thanks
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    probably bird looking for food/nesting material. Mossy lawns are great for wildlife


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    My thought was possibly foxes.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    nutcutlet said:
    probably bird looking for food/nesting material. Mossy lawns are great for wildlife
    ... they're also great for picnics ...  B)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • jafer2MPLN64Hnjafer2MPLN64Hn Posts: 2
    Badgers, I have the same issue
  • Sam76Sam76 Posts: 151
    Badgers- doing the same on ours
  • AcuwellAcuwell Posts: 87
    Thanks, I think it must be Badgers as the holes are quite deep and the moss/thatch is left behind.  It would need to be a very big bird to be doing that!  Does anyone have any tips on how to deter them at all?
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    It doesn't look "bad" enough to be badgers. I think it is the birds wanting the moss for their nests. Our blackbirds and sparrows always turn up the mossy parts and leave bare areas.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Partridges or possibly pheasants have been doing similar in my grass. They seem to dig up the celandine? 

    I too think badgers would make more disturbance. They tend to tear up clods of earth and grass 
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    I'd say badgers as well. I've seen the same on our lawn, especially under the bird feeders. In fact I caught it on the trail cam recently. 
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I've seen those smooth snout marks, usually with the hole in the centre which the earthworm emerged from! 
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