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nicslackey1 · 27/08/2023 09:20

Woken up by my Yorkie this morning and went to let them into the back garden. Usual routine is he has a wee sniff round the garden and does his business and I feed the birds, some on the grass, bird table and refill hanging feeders. Except this morning I went to the table where I keep the tub holding my 3-4 litres of bird food and it wasn't there. I just stood there going what, where is the bird food? It was gone! Then I spotted it about 20 metres away upside down with a broken lid. So my question to you is what type of bird could carry a box of 3 litres of bird food across the garden and up turn it? Also noticed a few gouges in the grass near where I found the box and stones from the path on the grass. No entry point for a dog for example, except the side gate which is still closed. @ refill bags were untouched on the table which surely would have been easier picking for for example a seagull. Just to be clear the box started on a table, so about 3 foot off the ground and if a dog had moved it it would have landed on the path not the other side of the garden. Wondered as it happened Saturday night,, it was a drunk prank but gate very hard to close and you really need to hammer home the bolt and my dog didn't stir. This dog barks at a leaf blowing past the house!! So not exactly worried but would really like suggestions as to what has happened. Thanks to anyone who bothered to read and respond! Photo shows distance from table to box destination centre background.

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Fizzadora · 27/08/2023 09:22

Foxes probably

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NooNakedJacuzziness · 27/08/2023 09:24

Foxes or badgers probably - they can be huge

Bouledeneige · 27/08/2023 09:24

Foxes

DilemmaDelilah · 27/08/2023 09:24

Fox? Also bags of bird seed will attract rats, much better to get a metal dustbin or similar to put the bird food in. (You can get small ones, I got one for my grandmother for this very purpose).

Wheresthebloomingsummersunshine · 27/08/2023 09:24

Foxes. I've found random shoes, gardening gloves, chewed tennis balls and even hens eggs on my lawn in the mornings. We're in the middle of a town with a big fox population

nicslackey1 · 27/08/2023 09:25

Hadn't thought of foxes. So do you think it jumped onto the table carried it across the garden and then upturned it breaking the lid? That is what puzzles me, it would take some strength😐

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MarathonBarbie · 27/08/2023 09:25

Another vote for foxes

AnchorWHAT · 27/08/2023 09:26

Foxes, get yourself a wildlife camera to catch them at it.

backoffbuster · 27/08/2023 09:26

Badgers can jump! I remember seeing a badger on top of a fence post one night many years ago, as I drove through the country lanes!

StuffLoriThangs · 27/08/2023 09:27

Squirrels or rats

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nonevernotever · 27/08/2023 09:28

Foxes or badgers.

WunWun · 27/08/2023 09:29

Absolutely foxes.

Alfr · 27/08/2023 09:29

Albatross - almost certainly

WhatWouldTheDoctorDo · 27/08/2023 09:30

Foxes. Little feckers.

nicslackey1 · 27/08/2023 09:30

Lucy, my photo shows the table the bird food was kept on. The box ended up overnight in the distance (white bit in the background) It was a still night, not even a sign of rain or wind. To those suggesting foxes. Would theycarry a heavy box? Wow. Never knew we had foxes about here but am now thinking about the camera idea. First, need a new bird food container!!

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RaininSummer · 27/08/2023 09:33

Poltergeist? Thought I would suggest that as we haven't had a woo explanation yet.

SlightlygrumpyBettyswaitress · 27/08/2023 09:35

Yes to Mr Fox, sly they are I tell you!
They would have dragged it. We had a battle of wits with one over our milk, delivered at 3 in the morning.
Would lift the bottles and scatter them, tooth marks in the foil. Bought a bottle carrier, just used it to carry all the milk and scatter them. Plastic box has him fooled for the moment.

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