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  • 09-07-2019 04:12PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭


    I first though this was a piece of poo. It was on top of a fence and is about 5cms long (like half a sausage).
    However on closer look, it seems to be wholly made up of dried insect parts, expecially cuticles.
    Anybody know what it is?


Comments

  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    An owl pellet perhaps.


  • #3
    junospider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭junospider


    Its a pellet left by a rook or jackdaw.


  • #4
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Are there any bones in it? Kestrels eat a lot of Beetles but you'd also find a few bones and some rodent fur! Failing that I'd go with J'spider and say some sort of Corvid pellet.....


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    No, it seemed to be all insect parts, legs, wing covers etc.
    Plenty of corvids around here, so that would fit.


  • #6
    scuby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭scuby


    Yea, looks like an owl pellet of some sort


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