Hi, a colleague awoke on Monday to find there were holes dug all over her garden. The kind of thing a terrier looking for buried bones would make, according to her description. Up to twelve inches wide and four to five inches deep. We don't have moles (and I think they leave little mounds, rather than holes, if "The Beano" was anything to go by). She says there is no way a dog could have gotten into her garden, so asked me if was a fox. I said I thought it probably was, but I've no idea what it was digging for...maybe worms? Can anyone enlighten me as to what it may have been, and why it was digging?
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Do foxes dig in gardens? (1 Viewer)
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Thanks Mono and Julie. She lives in a suburb of Dublin. There are badgers in wooded hills nearby, but if foxes can do it, I'd suspect them, as her house is in a housing estate in a fairly busy village (Dalkey).
Andy Adcock
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I was tempted to answer 'do Bears **** in the woods'
Foxes regularly cache food so will dig to both bury and retrieve their stash. I don't think they routinely dig, just to ruin your lawn, that will probably be an envious neighbour.:t:
Julie50
Mostly in the Midlands :)
This is what badger damage looks like - they are going after insect larvae.
https://www.lancashirebadgergroup.org.uk/badger-lawn-damage/
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/hom...ow-to-stop-badgers-digging-holes-in-your-lawn
https://www.lancashirebadgergroup.org.uk/badger-lawn-damage/
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/hom...ow-to-stop-badgers-digging-holes-in-your-lawn
Andy Adcock
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Bloody hell, had no idea that they did this!
