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Hmmmm.....werewolf.......could be. I'll check the moon tonight and add it to my list of suspects.

Badgers love sweet corn so usually the tell tale signs are completely devasted sweetcorn.  Deer nibble them politely but badgers go for total demolition. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RaCR3ndaaE&feature=related

Are you any nearer finding the culprit?

Yep, it was the werewolf  ;D

Actually one day last week there was a large hole dug in the middle of the tomatoes which suggests it was a badger, so at the weekend I reinforced the fence and since then we've had no moving pond plants and no more holes in the ground. I'm still not 100% sure how or where it got in but no signs of intrusion in the last few days except for some minor burrowing attempts around the fence.

Revisiting this a year later and I'm now pretty sure it's a fox. This morning a plant was out of the pond and the chickens had been spooked. We have two coops separated by some wire mesh, the separation was down this morning which I guess was from the panic. A few plant pots were knocked over outside of the coop and quite a few feathers about on the floor. Fortunately the construction is now pretty solid and the fox wasn't able to get in.

I bought a motion sensor camera last year so will set that up over the next few nights and see if I can catch anything going on.

Quote from: Digeroo on September 13, 2010, 08:52:34
I would suggest carefully raking round the pond and seeing if the ghost leaves foottprints 

Do you have deer? 

yes, fine sand raked smooth in strategic places, see what footprints you pick up.

What if the footprints turn out to be yours!?   :o

Quote from: Robert_S on September 19, 2011, 15:40:51
What if the footprints turn out to be yours!?   :o

Then you have a time portal, and money is to be made therefrom.

Finally got a video of the act http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYuNxtYzO7M

Fab. IR source.

What sort of camera?  Does it have an  IR source?

Yes it does. This is the one I bought http://www.flyonthewall.uk.com/hd-infrared-wildlife-camera-dvr-with-motion-sensor-10mp-p-468.html - works fine apart from a couple of battery issues which the supplier quickly cleared up for me.

I forgot to mention, the fox there is actually removing a large pebble from the pond rather than a plant.

Excellent! I see you have other vids too. the Barn Owl is gorgeous! I wonder what lurks down our allotments at night? they are fenced in so nothing very exciting I fear, although there are many bats in our area...

Holy Moly £169?

Thats more than ive spent on my allotment in 10 years. £25 i might have bought one.

think of all the fun you can  have with it Lincs.don't be leave you only spend £16-9p a year?

I really enjoyed looking at your clips. Thanks for posting them.

Glad you liked them. Not sure 169 quid is a lot for a camera really.

My neighbour asked this morning if he could borrow it as his allotment / garden was devastated last night by badgers or wild boar, probably the latter so be interesting to see if they come back.

I would really like to see what is going on at my lottie.  Muntjac, voles, fox, hedgehog etc not to mention the size 10 boots.  But but would not want to leave that amount of kit about the place.

Does it only work at night.  The Muntjac come around dawn.

QuoteDoes it only work at night.

It has settings for day / night / automatic so I just leave it on automatic. You can also choose stills or video and things like video length, resolution etc.

Wow would love one of those, What fun to be had ,  now wheres that piggie bank  ::)