We have a holiday home in Normandy, about level with the Channel Islands, so flora and fauna much as in south east England.
We go over there every five or six weeks and for the last 2 or 3 visits we have found shredded hazel shells scattered in corners of the bedrooms.
We thought at first we had mice and put down mouse poison, but on our return visits the shredded shells were there again and the mouse poison was intact and untouched. There are no droppings that we can see.
I have been searching the internet to try and find out who our litle visitor is but while I have found lots of information about rodents and birds that make holes in hazel shells to get to the nuts, I have found none that shredded the nut cases.
Our concierge has also told us that last time she checked the house there was a weasel in the loft! How that got up there I cannot imagine, but weasels are carnivores and it would have had to have brought all the hazel nuts with it when it moved in.
By the way, anyone any ideas how to trap a weasel so that we can take it downstairs and release it into the wild?
