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Post by shirl100 on Sept 23, 2015 11:19:55 GMT
I was out on my first autumn water vole survey this morning and spotted this under a bridge, quite dried and greyish now (no smell) and it did look like there may be bones in it. Looking closer now there appear to be some circular bits, possibly seeds? I was guessing otter spraint at first but the circular bits raised some doubts, any ideas? Shirl  Bradbourne_Poss_Scat by Shirley Freeman, on Flickr On the same rock there was a larger, fresh pile of poo which I guessed was bird originally,but not that sure now when you look closer  Bradbourne_Poo by Shirley Freeman, on Flickr |
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Post by Tringa on Sept 23, 2015 13:02:26 GMT
Sorry I cannot give an ID. I think the only way is to collect it, try to separate out the bits in water perhaps and have a closer look with a magnifying glass. As it was under a bridge would it have been protected from rain? Whereabout in the country was this find?
Dave
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Post by shirl100 on Sept 23, 2015 15:09:40 GMT
Sorry I cannot give an ID. I think the only way is to collect it, try to separate out the bits in water perhaps and have a closer look with a magnifying glass. As it was under a bridge would it have been protected from rain? Whereabout in the country was this find? Dave Derbyshire Dales, not seen otter spraint there before but I have found mink footprints - sure it isn't mink though. Shirl |
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Post by dogghound on Sept 24, 2015 20:43:28 GMT
They are otter scats :-)
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Post by shirl100 on Sept 25, 2015 12:52:25 GMT
You are a star, that dried up one gave me a clue but it's always good to get some confirmation, first time I have seen otter signs there so pretty exciting, not a water vole sign anywhere there so hope the rest of my autumn surveys are going to improve. Shirl |
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