What in the name of goodness has made this hole?!

tony6403

One of those rats with an auger.

eddie-pullin

A rabbit if the hole is a dead end. Look for droppings. they dig in bare soil out of boredom.
Rat holes are much smaller, 2-3 inches diameter and they do not make a large entrance.
Possibly a Badger but if bare soil then unlikely as they root for leatherjackets (crane fly larvae) in grassland more than bare soil.

What you do?
Get a rabbit trap and buy some carrots, and onions and potatoes.

Silver-Surfer_2

Marktheshark wrote: »

Rabid badger, they bite.. HARD

I thought they had TB not rabies.

unforeseen

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

I thought they had TB not rabies.

Badgers carrying TB are harmless, they only eat the cattle, its the rabies wot makes them mad

Hoploz

I'd say prob fox, but could be badger. If round then a fox or rabbit, but badgers have short legs so their burrows are flat at the bottom like a sideways D.

Badgers are going crazy snuffling round my garden at the mo, getting the grubs from just under the grass, they make tracks across the lawn! Foxes do this too.

I'm in a more rural place, however, did you know badgers always take the same routes for years and years and years ... So if your housing estate has been built in the way of their paths, they will just keep on coming down their same paths no matter what's put in the way - even houses! That's why it's so hard to get rid of them (if you want to) I've heard that you're not even supposed to block their burrows in your own garden as its against animal welfare or something, as they are so habitual. You are meant to leave little holes at bottom of your fences if they walk that way!

googler

Ask on a more specific forum

wildaboutbritain might be a good starting point.

Ozzuk

Crocodile. Run away fast.

maninthestreet

Siberian Hamster??

southcoastrgi

It's against the law to disturb a badger sett, a very very small number of badgers have TB, we don't have rabies in this country

johnvic21

There may be a rat's palace or a rabbit..