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But they also look like bird (possibly thrush sp) droppings which are far more active in winter and eat plenty of berries.
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I didn’t totally discount bird poop, I said it was ‘plausible’ that all 3 were hog poo.
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Hedgehog droppings usually contain some remains of insects
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Hedgehog poo will only contain remains of insects if they’ve actually digested any and, given the time of year, as their preferred natural food will not readily be available, any hogs still up and about (and there are still some about) will eat whatever is available, eg seed, fruit & berries, and even carrion.
One of the hogs I’m currently over-wintering would only eat dried food initially and all her poos at the time looked like a darker granular version of pic 3. Another hog in my care will only eat wet food and her poos are very sloppy, as in pic 2, but as I’m slowly adding some weetabix in with the wet food, her poos are beginning to firm up!
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and almost always point off at one end which none of these do.
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I can see tapering in the first two pics, but that’s irrelevant as not all hog poo tapers to an obvious point.
Hope nobody is eating while reading this post!