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the holes they make in the ground that is before the smart comments start!is it obvious? i was walking with my kids at the weekend and saw lots of rabbit holes which are only about the size of your fist, but the was another which was about double that.fox? hare? any ideas?
Seem to remember Badgers are a little more wider then tall, the give away is they will drag bedding down. And the tracks obviously. But a fox will use an old Badger hole. Don't think Hares live in holes?
Just a tad bigger than a badger: Measure the nearest badger, add 5% and bingo! That's the size of a badger hole.
Which hole?
Badger setts are pretty big and distinguishable by their oval shape as opposed to round. Fox earths are rounder and they tend to stink a bit, rabbit warrens are small round and neat. Hares don't have burrows they make nests above ground.
Plenty of sand/soil out front
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A Badger sett has a capital D shaped hole (lying on it's side), and is approx 25-30cm wide at the base by approx 20cm tall although this can vary largely depending on the substrate(soil).
Other tell tale signs include a spoil heap, consisting of discarded soil and bedding outside the entrance. Footprints and badger hairs can normally also be found near the entrance.
If there is only one hole then this could be a Badger outlier sett, as opposed to the main sett which would consist of many such holes.
Badger setts are usually pretty extensive also - quite a few entrances and commonly some disused ones. They tend to stay in the same spot for a very long time.
Edited as this was very wrong humour.... sorry!
Fnar, snark!
ok, probably was just a fat rabbit then!