Something is eating the walnuts as they fall from the tree, so this little dude has been gathering evidence.
I actually know what it is, they live in a kennel and probably dream about them. It's the two labradors - Sue and Trix (assisted by Holly who sometimes comes to stay too).
Oh heck. Didn't know dogs liked walnuts. We had a lovely tree, but got no walnuts year after year cos the cockies beat us to them when the nuts were too green for us to eat. No option but to have the tree removed so we didn't have a garden full of cockies every year at that time.
@golftragic what a shame that you had to remove the tree. Yes, they crunch the shells open and bit by bit pick out the flesh. I have to pick up walnuts before I let the dogs out, and even then they get heaps. I’ve even seen them reach up and get nuts from the lower branches!
@dide I resisted the suggestion for years, but cockies are horribly raucous and noisy and we got no walnuts, just debris, so it was a no-brainer. Used to be three walnut trees round here and the cockies would do the rounds. All three have been removed now.
Ian