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  • 04-05-2020 6:47pm
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    deadlybuzzman
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    Hi. I just found this behind my house. Any ideas what animal left it?


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    deadlybuzzman
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    Pic


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    New Home
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    Again, attachments and Boards still acting up, I'm afraid.


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    deadlybuzzman
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    Yay! Should I do something or will it sort itself out later when traffic levels drop?


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    New Home
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    God only knows... in the meantime, someone suggesting uploading images on this site and then embedding them here.


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    deadlybuzzman
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    https://ibb.co/PxbDj2f
    Hopefully that does the trick!


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    New Home
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    Silly question, are you positive that's scat and not a rotten blackberry?


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    deadlybuzzman
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    New Home wrote: »
    Silly question, are you positive that's scat and not a rotten blackberry?

    Very positive as its about the same size as 4 fingers


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    New Home
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    Well, that must've been a giant blackberry, so, :)

    I'm not too sure, I don't think I can help you, but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say badger. If it were long instead of round, I'd say hedgehog, but with that shape... some bird, perhaps?

    Told you I couldn't really help. :p


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    Scotty #
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    So I did a google image search on your pic and came across this which I thought looked very similar.

    01372289.jpg


    ...though probably not it's from a Brown Bear!!


    Any deer in the area?

    The below is Deer scat... quite similar.


    index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18112.0;attach=1742;image


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    Tiercel Dave
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    I wouldn't think that looks anything like a Deer, there's a lot of seeds in there, I'd be thinking Ivy berries. Fox would be top of my list.....


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    fryup
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    Pine Marten?


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    Tiercel Dave
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    fryup wrote: »
    Pine Marten?
    Pine Marten would be a good 'suspect' if they are in the area.....


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    forgottenhills
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    Scotty # wrote: »
    So I did a google image search on your pic and came across this which I thought looked very similar.


    Any deer in the area?

    The below is Deer scat... quite similar.


    index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18112.0;attach=1742;image

    That doesn't look like any deer poo I have ever seen. Deer poo that you see, certainly walking through Irish woods, is a collection of small round green pellets, similar to that of sheep. I would guess badger poo for the OP's photo.


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    Pretzill
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    Looks like badger scat to me.


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    deadlybuzzman
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    Scotty # wrote: »
    So I did a google image search on your pic and came across this which I thought looked very similar.

    01372289.jpg


    ...though probably not it's from a Brown Bear!!




    Any deer in the area?

    The below is Deer scat... quite similar.


    index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18112.0;attach=1742;image


    It's been a while since we had any bears I think!!
    Yes that looks quite similar and I found more in a different field today. The seeds had me puzzled but we do have loads of black berries growing off a type of ivy.
    Thing is most of that is well out of reach of badgers so would that narrow it down to pine martens or deer?


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