Looking at another video it crushes one end open before turning it around to squeeze it out.

I'm not sure, I haven't seen them put a nick in it, so it's either by force or they nick it before bringing it up. Can never see what happens on the ground as its always in long grass.

There's a pair of males and a female around our house and a good supply of hairy caterpillars ( as well as Meadow Pipits of course!) Fascinating to watch them.

Apparently, they sometimes take some hairs off as well but haven't witnessed that yet.

That's a grand job you've done there George

Hi George, although we don't have a pond in our new garden we have a lot of toads and frogs (and slow worms). I think its the fact we have literally hundreds of slugs that must be encouraging them.

Is the box in your neighbours?