hole appeared overnight and is about 50mm across and appears to go quite deep into soil.

Mole?

Graboids.

Trail rat.

enduro beaver

Baby robin?

Tarantula

This what I like about this place, the wealth of knowledge shared shite spouted.

I shall inform pest control man that I may have any or a combination of

Graboids
trail_rat
enduro beaver
snake
scary clown
Jay Cartwright

…..meanwhile live from Klendathu….Bruneep is about to get his brains sucked out by a giant bug. 😀

scary clown

Bit harsh on Jezza there.

I was going to say “baby robin” also.

Is it not simply a rabbit hole?

Tomahawk?

‘Tiz rat, innaat.

*edit:

Rats dig holes similar to those of water voles, 6-9cm in diameter. They are usually close to water, but are also found in a variety of other habitats such as hedgerows, rubbish tips and often under cover such as tree roots and logs.
Unlike water vole holes, rat holes generally have a fan-shaped mass of freshly dug soil outside and the holes are connected by well-trodden runways.

http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/how-identify-animal-holes

Thinking rat myself now. Given that my dog is not all fussed about appearance of this hole what’s the best way to resolve this? Put bait out at night when dog can’t get to it? Or put bait in hole and cover up.

You don’t recognise Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown? Really?

Original:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqBpAqnGKg[/video]

Remake:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7no56Zw1e20[/video]

what’s the best way to resolve this?

Really?

Aye really all clowns are scary, I should know I’m surrounded by them at work.

what’s the best way to resolve this?

Fill it with petrol and chuck a match in.

(don’t do this)

Window cleaner?

fan-shaped mass of freshly dug soil

Not present…

I’ve had 3 similar holes over the years. Weirdly they’ve all been in plain sight, which I’d have thought would be a non starter. None ever persisted after the first time I filled them in.

Small scale Frackers?

Rats. We’ve got them too. If I’m in a bad mood i chuck a load of poison bait down them.

Porsche Macan.

Aye really all clowns are scary, I should know I’m surrounded by them at work

Oh l do love a man in uniform

I love this forum 🙂

Given that my dog is not all fussed about appearance of this hole what’s the best way to resolve this?

Tell your dog to buck his ideas up.

Oh and maybe buy him a motivational poster.

Rat definitely, we had one. Think the dog ate it.

Rat definitely, we had one. Think the dog ate it.

Not surprised, there’s good eating to be had from a rat

Mogrim…. And it’s 5 pence for ketchup and I’m cuttin me own throat!!

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_2c_E_c-U0[/video]
Holes, dug by little moles

And it’s 5 pence for ketchup and I’m cuttin me own throat!!

🙂

Given the proximity to ‘buttock’ I think ‘King Piece’ might be a typo.