Christina Websell writes

"TheScullster" wrote in message
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Hi all

Anyone suggest the likely culprit for:

Animal poo approx 10mm diameter - 3 pcs - 1 @ 25mm long and 2 @ 10mm
long - in cluster on lawn.
Similar to cat but - no smell, dry and like charcoal in appearance.
Close examination showed what looked like lots of "beetle-shell-bits"
embedded, which created the charcoal appearance.


I might have said fox until you mentioned there was no smell. It seems too
big for a hedgehog, could it possibly be pellets from a bird of prey?
Just a thought.

The Collins Guide to Animal Tracks and Signs has a splendid double page
illustration of animal poo, all natural size. The hedgehog is about 50mm
long and 10mm diameter, so a pretty good match.
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Kay