Whose stool is this (assuming its mammal and not a dog!)

[riggy]

Found several of these on a path between a small area of trees and scrubland (that leads to a small reed area). Plenty of the trees have berries on. Quite a few Fieldfare/Redwing around. In terms of mammals I have seen stoat, weasel, rabbit, hare and roe dear in the area (with reports of Fox as well)

Around 3 - 4cm long quite crumbly with several dissolving in the puddles. No strong odour that I could detect and no obvious tracks (but lots of dogs and dogs walkers so that could explain that)





Cheers
Paul

[triops]

Have you considered Pheasant?

[riggy]

Originally Posted by triops

Have you considered Pheasant?

no but pheasant are present on the site

Cheers

[vole-woman]

We have them in the garden, often full of seeds from berries. I'm guessing thrush or blackbird? Maybe corvid?

[Dogghound]

Its from a thrush (either blackbird, song thrush, mistle thrush, redwing or fieldfare) which has been feeding on berries.

[Lemars]

OK - own up !! Who was it ? ... show yourself.....

Is there a peasant or a pleasant pheasant with a pennant present ??

[riggy]

Cheers

Plenty of thrushes around so would make sense

[valleyforge]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

Its from a thrush (either blackbird, song thrush, mistle thrush, redwing or fieldfare) which has been feeding on berries.

I can't agree with that analysis, since there appears to be no visual evidence of any urate constituent that I would expect to be present in order to be consistent with normal avian droppings.

If the dropping pictured is indeed 4cm in length, then by deduction the wider end imust be around 1cm in diameter ... so also pretty big to pass through the cloaca of a member of the thrush family, unless perhaps said opening was already engorged in readiness for egg-laying.

In both size and form, the dropping in the photo is much more consistent with that produced by a hedgehog ... in my opinion. Hedgehogs eat berries too.

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by valleyforge

I can't agree with that analysis, since there appears to be no visual evidence of any urate constituent that I would expect to be present in order to be consistent with normal avian droppings.

If the dropping pictured is indeed 4cm in length, then by deduction the wider end imust be around 1cm in diameter ... so also pretty big to pass through the cloaca of a member of the thrush family, unless perhaps said opening was already engorged in readiness for egg-laying.

In both size and form, the dropping in the photo is much more consistent with that produced by a hedgehog ... in my opinion. Hedgehogs eat berries too.

You sure its not a buzzard.

Its from a thrush, they dont show urate content in their droppings when feeding of berries. 1cm is fine and the dropping usually enlarges after it leaves the cloaca. Can't be xexexexexe having another argument with you about xexexexe though so think what you like.

[Dogghound]

Here is one from a blackbird. Bird droppings do not always contain urates.