Foxhole?

Fakediamond

Hi folks, I found this freshly dug hole down the field recently. I got quite excited that it might be badgers, but I'm now thinking fox . Can anyone advise Please?

Fakediamond

Fakediamond wrote: »

Hi folks, I found this freshly dug hole down the field recently. I got quite excited that it might be badgers, but I'm now thinking fox . Can anyone advise Please?

Try again

cd07

Just one hole? Most likely to be a fox

Fakediamond

I can’t post the photo. It’s very visible in a bank, bordering a small wood of silver birch trees. On the wood side of the bank, there’s a smaller entrance, under a rock and about 20 feet further down. The first hole is wide and round and I understand the badger entrances are wider and flatter (according to google anyway).

recedite

Are there any atheists in it?

tabby aspreme

Check on it once a week , if you see bones fur wool or feathers nearby it's probably a fox , if the burrow is cleaned out regularly , you will see straw grass leaves outside , it's badgers , they are good housekeepers

Fakediamond

recedite wrote: »

Are there any atheists in it?

No but I’m expecting a platoon of soldiers to charge out one of these days.

bilbot79

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Check on it once a week , if you see bones fur wool or feathers nearby it's probably a fox , if the burrow is cleaned out regularly , you will see straw grass leaves outside , it's badgers , they are good housekeepers

Please do this and let us know op

endacl

Fakediamond wrote: »

No but I’m expecting a platoon of soldiers to charge out one of these days.

Not if a badger has them by the leg.

Fakediamond

Pic

New Home

Rat?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Looks very small to me. Rat?

recedite

Rabbit would be midsize between rat and fox.
You're right the arch is too high in proportion to the width for a badger, but its hard to judge the scale of the entrance from the photo. What width would it be in cm, approxiately?

Fakediamond

11 kg terrier added for scale. There's a path worn down the right side

recedite

I'd say rabbit.

New Home

Definitely rat. To me, at least.

recedite

A rat half the size of a dog?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The scale now shown suggests Rabbit.

Fakediamond

Theres lots of rabbit holes around here, I’d say ithis one is nearly twice the size. I can’t post a decent pic as the file size seems to be limited.

I’ll keep an eye on it. It’s very active and there’s a definite path worn down one side since I last looked.

New Home

recedite wrote: »

A rat half the size of a dog?

I've seen rats the size of my forearm. Thankfully I'm not afraid of them, but even the cats were giving them a wide berth.

recedite

hmm....I haven't seen your forearm, but I have seen Popeye's.

New Home

recedite

New Home

That'd be the size of a badger!

bilbot79

https://youtu.be/j8v8jUAKu-8

Tiercel Dave

New Home wrote: »

I've seen rats the size of my forearm. Thankfully I'm not afraid of them, but even the cats were giving them a wide berth.

There's a saying 'round here that "You never see a small rat or an ugly baby".....

dodderangler

cd07 wrote: »

Just one hole? Most likely to be a fox

Not necessarily. I've hunted foxes in known dens and found them escaping in a emergency home or two for some cases.

Eddie B

It's either fox or rabbit. If it's rabbit, you will find fresh rabbit droppings just outside the entrance. If it's fox, you might (not always) get a smell of fox from the entrance, or see prints in the fresh diggings.

My guess is fox that has dug out a rabbit burrow. You won't really find fur or bones outside a fox earth unless there are cubs present.