Unidentified animal droppings

[Grazeteer]

Hi Folks

Out on a recent walk in Mull I saw the following droppings. Can anyone identify them please.



Mnay thanks

[The Woodman]

I can't quite make out the composition of them but they do remind me of bird pellets, perhaps crow or raven.

Can you give an indication of size please?

[Grazeteer]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Approx 25-30 mm long diameter approx 10mm.

Many thanks.

[The Woodman]

I'm still tending towards bird pellets due to the rounded shape and width coupled with undigested matter clearly visible however, weathered red deer droppings might be a contender but these are normally in a group.

Another question - how many were there all together?

[Dogghound]

Could be weathered sheep/deer droppings, they could even be from a hare although these would be smaller than your size estimate and tend to be more rounded. I dont think these are pellets.

[The Woodman]

I did think about hare but like Dogghound, considered your droppings too big. As there is at least two in your image and possibly a bit of a third, bird pellets are an outside contender, granted, they are usually found singly.

Bits of coarse herbage are normally evident in weathered deer and hare droppings.

[wizzo]

Owl pellets was my first and current thought! Wizzo

[faz]

sheep

[Grazeteer]

Thanks for all your input.
There were quite a lot in a small area. I will need to put a known item in the picture in future; like a fifty pence piece, so the scale can be determined.