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Poo ID please

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  • 20-12-2010 6:33pm
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    fryup
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    Found these dropping this morning, at first i taught it was a fox but the dropping is on top of a bucket thats over my outdoor tap and surely it would have toppled over if it was a fox or something of that size:confused:



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    Ditch
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    Looks like bird, to me.


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    LostCovey
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    Ditch wrote: »
    Looks like bird, to me.

    No, it's Pine Marten


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    Ditch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Ditch


    :confused: Ye reckon? Looks exceedingly small for piney, to me. And its bum must have banged shut too. No tapering to the ends, as I've found in every musty type 'poo' I've ever examined.


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    Connacht
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    I wouldn't have thought pine marten either (seems small), but Ditch, it doesn't necessarily have to taper off / have a fox-like twist at the end. I have seen plenty of stub-ended pine marten droppings. Also, there could be another bit of it on the ground around the bucket.


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    Ditch
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    " Could be " any number of hidden details we're not a party to, Connacht. I'm simply basing my own idea on that which we do know / see.

    And, in my own experience; I've seen that sort of droppings left by birds all my life. And in places / situations where only birds could be possible.

    Put a gun to my head and I'd go as far as to reckon it was a thrush family bird. One that's been feeding on berries.


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    Connacht
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    am not disagreeing with you at all


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    E39MSport
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    To be precise - it looks exactly like the droppings left by blackbirds taking shelter around the walls of my home during the snow. I was surprised how big they were in relation to the bird. Dark red in colour containing seeds.


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    mgwhelan
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    found this by the river today, any ideas what could of done it.


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    E39MSport
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    Looks like a 'watier' version of a confirmed Pine Marten dropping left in my front garden.


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    slowburner
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    fryup wrote: »
    Found these dropping this morning, at first i taught it was a fox but the dropping is on top of a bucket thats over my outdoor tap and surely it would have toppled over if it was a fox or something of that size:confused:



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    Rattus norvegicus - they like buckets for some weird reason.


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    mgwhelan
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    E39MSport wrote: »
    Looks like a 'watier' version of a confirmed Pine Marten dropping left in my front garden.

    theres defiantly piney's knocking around, thought it might of been from a otter from it consistency.


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    swifts need our help!
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    The dropping on the bucket must be a blackbirds that's been eating rowan berries.

    The watery one on the moss could be otter but more likely a water bird

    Mark


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