There’s something living in my loft....

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I don’t go in the loft often as I’m scared of heights and spiders, throughout the summer I have heard sounds coming from the loft, sounded a bit like mice but they didn’t seem to move around, was located in one area (above my bedroom), the last few weeks it hasn’t been as bad, just the odd scratching sound early in the morning.

So, today I went up there to put some old toys up there and planned on putting some mouse poison up there just in case (I don’t like doing this but from time to time it needs doing), I didn’t hang around too long, there no light, lots of spider webs and lots of boxes. I thought whilst I was up there I would get some Xmas decks down. No sign of mice (no droppings, no damage to any of the Christmas decks). Shut the roof back up and thought no more of it.

Was just relaxing in the bath when one of the little bugger showed it’s face, it wasn’t a mouse, or a rat, or a bird, any guesses what it was?

Bat

Bat

Squirrel

Squirrel

Squirrel.

I wish it was a squirrel, we do get bats but this wasn’t one of them. It’s something that you wouldn’t expect to be around at this time of year, I’m guessing they are dying now (or I hope). Dd was petrified and shut herself in her room.

Drat, I was going to say squirrel. Starling.

And I didn’t think something so small could make any noise.

Hornet.

Ah, just seen update. Swallow? Hornet? Duck-billed playtpus?

Shrew?

Wasps?

When the birds walk across our roof it sounds very loud almost as if someone or something is walking on it. Could it be birds on your roof rather than inside the roof?

Wasp?

Ah sorry ignore me I didn’t read that you’d seen one of whatever it is!

Moth?

Yes, Hornets 😁

I’m not sure if I should burn the house down. I stupidly caught the huge hornet and put it outside. I should have killed it shouldn’t I? It’s probably already found it’s way back. I’m guessing she was the queen?

Spider.

I dunno, they're all sodding huge! There was one in,y niece's bedroom on holiday, we all thought she was exaggerating, went to investigate. She wasn't.

Oh sorry missed it was hornets. They're huge! You're very brave catching one. I'd have just signed the house over to them.

It was a gremlin op

A gremlin hornet

I was brave, it landed on a wet towel hanging over my banester so I shoved a glass over it, covered it with the towel and put it outside without thinking.

I hope no more came through the hatch.

I had a google and it says most of them should be dead by Christmas, do I just wait for them to die and then try and locate the nest?

Up till last week, we'd get 2/3 hornets banging at the kitchen window in the evening when the light was on. Blimming huge things about an inch and a half long. You could hear them from the other room.

(They were outside the kitchen window obvs. Not nesting on our land so Lordy knows where they live.)

We have had a few over the summer but not loads. I really thought it was mice or birds but seemed odd that the sound was coming from one place, didn’t realise hornets could be noisy. Just sounds like rummaging and scratching.