After 17 odd (literally) years living in our comfy but ramshackle old farmhouse, it appears the pesky (but oh so cute!) Loirs have found our attic space. Either that, or the mice have acquired boots to stomp around in. I could be to blame, as I put a large tray of walnuts to dry on the landing a couple of months ago. Then started to hear a funny tapping noise in the night but thought it was a bird on the window. Turns out, something had sniffed out fresh walnuts and was removing them gradually from the tray, to set up camp somewhere in parts of the house inaccessible to humans (clever Loir!). As the back of our house is built into the hill, I guess it was all too easy to gain access through the thick but at times crumbly walls.
It's pretty much impossible to get into the remaining attic space, as most of the house is pitch-roofed, and I'm not into chucking poison about anyway (and Loir are a protected species). But I'm interesting to know if anyone has had success with these little plug-in ultra-sound devices that supposedly keep all little critters away. But don't present a problem for any resident cats. (And no, I'm not putting a cat up in the attic - there's too much rockwool up there!)
Anything to do with Wildlife in France, from insects to birds and moles.