Is this rabbit damage?

[Storming Norman]

Hi All,

I've been on my plot now since May.

Mainly the wildlife is a very noisy robin, rather too many hungry pigeons and a shedload of foxes.

So how come, after all this time, did my little gems get so eaten since yesterday? In less than 24 hours something has eaten all the soft parts of a dozen 1/2 grown lettuce - leaving the ribs bare [and just a few inner leaves].

What causes that then? I have grown lettuce in patches everywhere on my plot and have others not damaged, but for these all of a sudden. Another plot holder said it looked like rabbits - whilst we were being watched by the fox in it's bed he made in the hedge!

I have never seen a rabbit around here - do you think one has 'run away' and gorged itself on my future dinner?

And will there be more?

[lottie dolly]

you say it all i think,when you got pigeons,especially if they left the ribs on,when the weather has been very dry for a while the the little monkeys will have them,it is after all got moisture in it,never had rabbit bother,but i would imagine they eat the ribs as well,

[Storming Norman]

Ah pigeons - lettuce?

That's new, and why now after all this time? They get the brassicas if I leave them uncovered but lettuce?

Oh well simpler to fix for the time being. But the list of stuff I am going to have to grow at home is getting longer.

Not one of us got away with tomatoes or potatoes this year - blight affected all of us.

I wonder if that grazers stuff is worthwhile. Must be cheaper than netting absolutely everything.

[binley100]

Sounds like pigeons. Rabbits had a go at our crops but left the lettuce alone. We are now in the process of putting chicken wire round all our beds and the brassica bed also has netting over the top. I don't know about grazers being cheaper in the long run at least the wire is permanent.

[Paulottie]

Sparrows love to peck lettuce..... but that does sound more like pigeons to me. Surprising as they do prefer cabbage.