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What’s dug these holes over the last couple of days?


New house. The one on the right appeared the day after we moved in, then the connecting one on the left appeared overnight!

by Vikingbruv

28 Comments

  1. Funky_monkey2026

    Fox dens usually have two holes. One on the right for entry/exit, smaller on the left for ventilation. The den itself will have different sections for food storage and sleep.

  3. JulianPhoto

    Looks like rats. They’re always around especially if you regularly feed the birds and if you have night wildlife cameras, you actually see them.
    I keep on top of mine regularly when the holes appear, by putting strong rat poison down the holes and covering them so that other wildlife like Hedgehogs 🦔 don’t get to it.
    If you leave it, they multiply quickly and you’ll become infested unfortunately. Hope that helps.

  5. Soppydogg

    My money is on Ratty & Co.
    Looks like my garden and I definitely see them

  8. the_cats_jimjams

    I have holes like this in my garden. I feed a mum fox and her now grown up cub. This is how they repay me 🙁

  9. somtampapaya

    Foxes will dig up your garden just for laughs. Being a London gardener they have become a nemesis of mine. Also rats can dig little holes as well, both annoying.

  14. ninjarockpooler

    Nomes. Courtesy of the late great Terry Pratchett.

    They’re a species protected by copyright.

  15. flabmeister

    Foxes have been doing the same in my garden

  17. trailoftears123

    Keep an eye on them-if they are dead-end holes it doesn’t matter.But if they do go somewhere and more gradually start to appear in the same area,it could well be a rat warren.

  18. Ok_Tree_4706

    Rat tunnels are usually smaller and more spherical apertured. I would guess foxes or badgers, but don’t know your location for the likelihood of either. Failing that, a heffalump.

  19. Boggyprostate

    I think definitely fox holes, elongated entry. I personally would leave them because I love foxes and have a den in the back garden, it’s so magical seeing little pups playing in the garden.

  21. cherryly_babe

    like some sneaky gopher auditioning for Great British Shadows

  24. scummy71

    Rats nesting in your raised bed, we had to dig our bed out and remove after I had trapped 42 rats last year was a nightmare

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