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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.

Mumsnet can find an explanation for this as I am stumped?
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MonumentalLentil · 27/08/2023 11:09

Foxes here climb the fence to get in, bring things and leave them, then take them away another night, move plant pots, had one lifted up a step one night. Always out of sight of the trail camera. I also find holes in the lawn and scratches.

Squirrels dig my plants up and bite through the fairy lights/solar fountain leads, and also leave scrapes in the grass.

I don't mind. What I do mind is when the foxes take the birds and just leave feathers.

Snippit · 27/08/2023 11:16

I vote for Squirrels, they bit a hole in one of my clear bird feed holders and got the lid of another, they’re unbelievable, cute though.

nicslackey1 · 27/08/2023 11:36

Toomuchfruitandnut · 27/08/2023 10:55

I'm curious now, what happened 30 years ago?! (If you don't mind me asking 🙂)

I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the loo and noticed the front door was wide open and half asleep, closed it and went backto bed. When I woke up in the morning I noticed the bowl on the work top was exactly where I had left it but was now missing the joint of beef I had left out to defrost overnight. No liquid in the bowl so presumably had not defrosted at all when it vanished. A big dog on his hindlegs that opened the door and left the bowl undisturbed and opened the packaging away from the premises or a peckish drunk who came in and fancied a giant beef ice pop when there were loads of other options? Never knew and no explanations made me comfortable. 😅

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