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... and who's done THIS?

bédébédé Posts: 3,095
edited April 2023 in Plants
What has caused these two very regular and symmetrical holes in my lawn?  

I get burrowing bees, but these must be massive. I'm sorry I didn't put something in the pic for scale, but they are about 3cm diameter and about 5-7 cm deep.  And no sign of excavated soil.

I promise I haven't done them with a stick.


 location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Do you have a neighbour with stilts? Perhaps someone keen to join the circus? 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    voles?

    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    Voles? So symmetrical?  Two together? And they don't lead anywhere.

    Mini crop circles?  They look like borings the Mars rover is making on another planet.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Someone with a very small ladder? Mine gets pairs of holes if the window cleaner comes when the ground is wet and soft (which isn't often) but they're bigger, rectangular and further apart.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    High heels?
  • rossdriscoll13rossdriscoll13 Posts: 234
    @bédé these holes are made by either voles or squirrels.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    But how did they get there, two in splendid isolation?  And 3cm diameter?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    rossdriscoll13 said:
    @bédé these holes are made by either voles or squirrels.
    Our squirrels aren't as neat and tidy as this. 

    Laser beam by Putin?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Window cleaner's  ladder?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Squirrels do that in our lawn. Maybe they were digging next to each other having a chat.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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