Help? Urgent!

That is very helpful Aka. I do know that a while back there were protests that badgers would lose their homes not far away if planning permission went through so that could be the reason this has just started. On the other hand all the treatment I have just given to the lawn seems to make it less likely. I'll go and hunt around for a possible route into the garden in a little while. Thanks

Any of these fit the bill?

Look for droppings (like little currants). I think it's more likely to be rabbits than anything else.

Rabbits!!

something has dug up my lawn

A badger.

Not sure a photo would show the detail. It is as if something with paws has had a jolly good dig, up to about 3 inches in places and in other as if it has just pulled out the grass. Don't think we have badgers although we could have but am sure we have foxes. Apart from getting a dog, what deterrent can you suggest?

In our garden the squirrels only seem to leave deep paw sized holes. Not really digging it up. Not like the do to the patio pots! Grrrrr

I wonder if you've got a family of foxes or badgers grubbing around on there?

Sounds quite significant damage if you are considering returfing! I know foxes do rummage but it sounds even more damage than they would usually create. Can you post a picture..that might help us?

Not moles, dug from the top. Far to much to cover, its the whole lawn! We have seen more leatherjackets this year but only a few.

What can we do?

Could be squirrels burying their winter stash, could be foxes digging for grubs.
Place upside down empty,obviously, hanging baskets over the holes and re-seed.

And squirrels - forgot them.

There is a patch of my lawn which seems extraordinarily interesting to foxes, crows and magpies. They are always scratching away at it. I wonder whether it has a lot of leatherjackets in it, or other creatures. Nice tasty morsels.

No molehills there, Moved? That's a new one on me - squirrels dig up bits of my garden looking for their acorns, but they never hid them under my lawn.