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strange scrapy-type holes in lawn.

chickenladychickenlady Posts: 19
in Wildlife gardening

For the last few weeks, we've been waking up to find shallow scrapes/holes appearing in our front lawn.     It just happens at night.   We were wondering what creature would be doing this - foxes?  hedgehogs?        We do have urban foxes so I'm thinking it might be them - but why?

 

Any ideas?   

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,049

    Foxes probably, grubbing out critters such as worms and grubs they can hear moving underground.  I have a similar problem but it's my dogs digging for moles in their tunnels.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • chickenladychickenlady Posts: 19

    Thank you - I wonder if a light sprinkling of Zoo Poo would make them think twice image

  • AliPAliP Posts: 64

    I've come across this in gardens before and badgers have been to blame.  Haven't managed to fine a successful way of stopping them yet so let me know how you get on. www.alisonpike.com/blog/

  • flowering roseflowering rose Posts: 1,632

    it could be foxes as they like worms but it might be a badger as they like looking for worms on the lawn look for where a Badger might have come in usually barging its way through the fence or how long the claws are.

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