![]() ![]() Putty-like, usually with one blunt and one pointed end. Colour varies but usually dark green when broken up. ![]() Usually found in latrines and small heaps close to water. Particularly distinctive, often described as having a tic-tac shape – no other British mammal poo has this shape. Small, round pellets 0.5-0.8 cm long and 0.5 cm thick. Can be dark grey or black and are often sweet smelling, although this depends on their diet – is especially true if they’ve eaten pinecones. Greenish brown and, like rabbit droppings, smell sweet – like a digestive biscuit and mown hay. Larger and more flattened than rabbit poo: 1.5-2 cm diameter. About 1 cm in diameter.įound on bare ground of farmland and edges of grassland. Sweet smelling, like a damp digestive biscuit with a hint of mown hay. May be in a dense collection of pellets on a prominent feature e.g. Size varies, 1.5-5 cm long and 0.8-1 cm thickįound in grassland, field edges and hedgerows. Sweet smelling with a hint of linseed oil. In order to break it apart and get a better look, it’s best to use a tool, such as a small stick.Ĭrinkly, often studded with shiny fragments from their insect diet. Please note that it’s important NOT to touch any poo directly as it can be harmful. fur, bones, seeds or invertebrate shells? Contents – can you see clues as to what the animal ate e.g.Colour – colour can vary depending on what the animal ate but this can still be a good clue.Shape – different types of mammal will have very different shaped droppings so this can really help narrow it down.Size – if you don’t have a ruler with you, taking a photo with something you know the size of e.g.So how do you go about figuring out whose poo is whose? We hope that this page will help you ID what you find! If you need some extra help or advice, don’t forget you can also contact us at From left to right these are droppings left by a pine marten, red fox, badger and roe deer. Mammals can be elusive and sometimes the first clue that they are there isn’t the flash of a tail or the flick of an ear poking out of the foliage but a field sign – like poo! Often, finding and identifying the poo you find in your garden or on a walk will be the only way you know that a particular species of mammal is nearby. ![]()
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