I keep hearing this scratching noise in my loft, mostly at night (11pm) and in the morning (4am). It definitely sounds like a creature, but the pest control people have found nothing. Roofers have blocked all the holes but still it continues. What can it be? Some sort of hobgoblin?
It's driving me mental anyway.
I had this, Its definitetly squirrels. It was always around the same time of night as you and it really did my head in. The only way I could get rid of them was to some put heavy duty chicken wire all the way around the edge of the roof on the inside to stop them getting in through the gap (there is a small gap between the roof and the wall to let air circulate).
They will be partying outside all day and coming in at 11 to sleep and then I suppose they must be getting ready to go out again at 4?
I tried a trap but they never went for it. Went up in the roof once and the insulation started moving next to where my head was poking through the loft hatch and a squirrel jumped out in front of me. I screamed
Since I (my dad actually, lol) put the wire mesh down there have been no more noises or squirrels about, happy days.