nheather
Outstanding Member
Got home from a business trip abroad looked out of the bedroom window and - wtf is that.
There is a big excavation in the middle of the lawn. Asked my wife and she said she was shocked too, just appeared over night.
My first thought was a dog, but we don't have any nearby, and besides seen lots of garden ruined by dogs but never anything as big or localised as that.
Looking more closely it seems to be a burrow, does look like a tunnel entrance.
As for the size, the total excavation is roughly 14" x 18" and the centre hole is about 6" x 14".
If it wasn't a dog the only thing I can think big enough to do that is a badger.
We do have mature woods at the back of the garden, but the fence is quite comprehensive all round so I wouldn't have thought a badger could get in. How extensive are there setts, do they travel underground?
What do you think.
Cheers,
Nigel
There is a big excavation in the middle of the lawn. Asked my wife and she said she was shocked too, just appeared over night.
My first thought was a dog, but we don't have any nearby, and besides seen lots of garden ruined by dogs but never anything as big or localised as that.
Looking more closely it seems to be a burrow, does look like a tunnel entrance.
As for the size, the total excavation is roughly 14" x 18" and the centre hole is about 6" x 14".
If it wasn't a dog the only thing I can think big enough to do that is a badger.
We do have mature woods at the back of the garden, but the fence is quite comprehensive all round so I wouldn't have thought a badger could get in. How extensive are there setts, do they travel underground?
What do you think.
Cheers,
Nigel
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