Holes in my lawn ??

[anjlegs]

All over my lawn this morning are holes , could it have been a mole or badger ? My cat is pretty spooked as well so something occurred in the garden last night.!!!!

[dotty.]

if there are small piles of earth around each hole it's a mole, just one probably.

[boxtops]

How small? If they are tiny, it could be birds, poking about for worms.

[RATTER15]

if Moles they would be accompanied by the tell tale mole hills. are they holes or just little digs in the grass?

[nannybooby]

Squirells hidding nuts ?

[Prudie]

Woodpeckers will also make holes like this, digging for ants

[anjlegs]

No we don,t live in blackburn , holes too big to be caused by a woodpecker . No mounds of earth just earth and grass where whatever has dug down ??? !!!

[margarettom]

We have had the same thing - small holes - thought it might be a squirrel. I await other answers with interest.

[Prudie]

LOL Trim, I get the Blackburn thing.

[notasyoungasiwas]

Badgers ? They dig for worms so I've been told.

[tenrec]

Yes badgers do dig for worms.

[hammerman]

Possibly squirrels. I get them in my garden at work...the holes are about 2-3" but it seems like the culprits are digging things up rather than burying things. Could also be young foxes learning to dig for worms and grubs .

[carlton23]

My O/H found a hole where she had planted some lily-bulbs and they were just left untouched by whatever dug the hole, so she replanted them, and next day they were dug up again, so she has put an upturned wire basket over them this time with an house-brick on top. The hole measured about 9ins in diameter and 5ins deep. If whatever does it again, I`m getting out of here.

[firewatch]

squirels, ours have finsihed destroying our lawn and have moved onto the wood chip in the front only to discover weed membrane lol. they have been in hyper burying mode dosnt bode well for winter. Also they will give cats what for and win seen it so many times and cat coming away with a bloody nose lol

[duntocher]

could also be a blackbird searching for worms,