I’ve got a smeuse in my front hedge. I’ve been aware of it for years, I just didn’t know there was a special name. But a letter in The Times ('The hole truth', Brian Simmons, 11 May 2019) has extended my vocabulary.
A smeuse is a hole at the bottom of a hedge through which small animals squeeze. The smeuse in my hedge has been in the same place for years. It's a bit more than a foot high and about nine inches wide, and the undergrowth is worn down from feet pushing through. I guess all kinds might have used it over time; hedgehogs, foxes, perhaps badgers; but my guess is that most travellers are the little Muntjak deer, plus the occasional cat.
I was thinking a couple of days ago that I might get one of these automatic night cameras that can get shots of nocturnal animals passing by, to investigate the smeuse users. If I find anything interesting I’ll post it on this blog.
Smeuse
I’ve got a smeuse in my front hedge. I’ve been aware of it for years, I just didn’t know there was a special name. But a letter in The Times ('The hole truth', Brian Simmons, 11 May 2019) has extended my vocabulary.
A smeuse is a hole at the bottom of a hedge through which small animals squeeze. The smeuse in my hedge has been in the same place for years. It's a bit more than a foot high and about nine inches wide, and the undergrowth is worn down from feet pushing through. I guess all kinds might have used it over time; hedgehogs, foxes, perhaps badgers; but my guess is that most travellers are the little Muntjak deer, plus the occasional cat.
I was thinking a couple of days ago that I might get one of these automatic night cameras that can get shots of nocturnal animals passing by, to investigate the smeuse users. If I find anything interesting I’ll post it on this blog.