Scat ID

[Dogghound]

Many Insects are around such as ground beetles (carabidae), these are still active in winter.

Well we wont know will we. I carnt be bothered to argue when there is no 100% clear answer it could be either bird or hog. Its just my personal opinion that there not.

[mbaldw]

Thanks for the input folks. I responded to the lady in question and told her that while, in my opinion, the scat on the grass was hedgehog, that on the patio could be either hedgehog or a bird (e.g. thrush or corvid), but there was no way to tell for sure (without DNA typing!).

Cheers,
Marc.