Anyone like to guess what did this?

Went out this morning to top up bird feeders only to find one of them pretty much destroyed.

The squirrel is annoying and persistent but I can't believe this was him, could it be a mouse maybe?

Or several mice? Whatever, it's chewed the perch off as well as a big hole in the tube.
Any offers on the rodent responsible? Please tell me it's not The Big One!

The squirrel is annoying and persistent but I can't believe this was him, could it be a mouse maybe?

Or several mice? Whatever, it's chewed the perch off as well as a big hole in the tube.
Any offers on the rodent responsible? Please tell me it's not The Big One!
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
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Squirrels are very destructive though, and can destroy feeders easily, so if they can get in, it could be one of them.
Is there any 'obvious' evidence that it could be a rat? The mice leave droppings on mine all the time, so I'd expect a rat would also do that.
Thinking whatever it was must have climbed the pole. Off to check under the undergrowth now - with a torch! Back soon.....
That looks a good sturdy feeder BobTheGardener, I have a couple of Nuttery ones but use these cheaper ones while the big boys are being cleaned. Might have to invest in some more sturdy stand ins!
How do they get their faces through the bars? I can imagine them grabbing a few seeds but to chew you need to be close up. I'm perplexed.
I know he's tried in the past as I have seen him, and the parakeets, and the jackdaw and magpies, crows - but never seen them succeed.
Think I might go and disturb the 'shrubbery' tomorrow just in case a Ratty thinks he's welcome!