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I did think moles at first but this particular area doesn't have a mole problem and I know the lawns either side of the propery and they don't have anything similar.
I have seen in the pass that the young moles make a run from the hedges to start digging their holes but as I said the area just don't have any moles.
I agree with Paul, unfortunately at my last house in a rural location, through my regular meetings with the councils pest control chap I became a reluctant expert in rats and their hole are much bigger than you describe.
Where there are rats there will generally be a food source nearby - a pond, fields with crops, etc.
Best,
Steven
The culprits responsible for the holes are bank voles. Quite a common little mammal. They sometimes take over old mole runs but are quite adept at digging their own shallow burrow systems. They make almost perfectly round holes about the size of a golf ball. Rats will make burrow entarnces about the size of a cricket ball.
Voles are fairly harmless if only a few are in residence and will only live for a season, most genrally perish during the winter months.
They are quite easy to catch with standard break back traps set either side of the burrow entrances and covered by a narrow tunnel.