Who ate all the potato crisps at Blundell Park? The culprit was none other than Reynard the Fox.

 

Goal nets are off the turf to prevent foxes ending up in a tangle

HATS off to Grimsby Town FC for respecting the wildlife that regularly visits its Blundell Park ground in Cleethorpes.

As soon as each match has been played, the goal nets are lifted from the ground to prevent any wandering  foxes or deer getting entangled (as happens not infrequently  on some playing fields).

Blundell Park does have at least one, if not two, regular fox visitors which find their way into the ground by an access unknown.

One caused chaos by finding a route into a bar where it ate most of the potato crisps, guzzled some of the drinks and chewed the furniture.   

The ground staff's benevolence towards wildlife also extends to the scores of pigeons which are tolerated even though the droppings  from roosting birds would foul some of the spectator seats if they were not covered when matches are not being played.

For much of the year, at least one of the floodlight pylons plays host to scores of starlings  - some of which have even sought to nest in spring and summer.

However, because starlings are a protected species, the nests are allowed to remain.

Given that they are regularly seen during early season floodlit matches, The Mariners' ground is probably also home to bats which find a living space behind the timber slats at the rear of the stadium.  

                                                              

Could this be the culprit? Cleethorpes foxes are nothing if not opportunistic

                                                                      

Starlings enjoying the Saturday-afternoon action at Blundell Park

                                                                     

It is likely that pipistrelle bats roost in the timbers at the Mariners ground