Rabbits

Symptoms

Rabbits feed on a very wide range of garden plants and trees. In spring new plantings and soft growth can be eaten down to ground level. Foliage and soft new shoots of woody plants can be grazed up to a height of 50cm (20in) by rabits standing up on their hind legs. Bark may be gnawed away from the base of trunks, especially in winter when snow or frost makes other vegetation unavailable. This can kill the tree if bark is removed all the way around the trunk.