Poo and bones i.d. (not for the squeamish!)
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Fox poo usually smells very strongly of fox.
fucthest8
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I did not know that. Apparently so do Red Kites, loads of those round here.
DaveCinzano
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The bones in pellet and the poo may not necessarily be from the same incident (unlikely to be?) Fox and badger poo are pretty stinky but, although one may have had a dreadful tummy upset with things coming out both ends, the turds look pretty firm. What an interesting find 
Throbbing Angel
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What’s the creature whose bones it is? It looks beaky? I did just look up ‘hedgehog skeleton’ and don’t think it’s one of them. I think if you can identify the bones in the pellet that will lead you to the likely predator and if it’s avian then it’s probly not their poo. Fascinating
I’m not sanding any paintwork, cleaning any bathrooms or cutting down any overgrown shrubs
I’m not sanding any paintwork, cleaning any bathrooms or cutting down any overgrown shrubs
Just looked up rat and rabbit skeletons and am surprised that rabbits have such long top of head/ jaw bones, thanks
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
You picked some shit off of the floor, mate.
You’ll have to cut your hand off now
You’ll have to cut your hand off now
fucthest8
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Skull definitely avian. However surely birds of prey do prey on birds? Sparrowhawk's sure as fuck do and we once saw a hawk here pulling all the feathers out of a pigeon, so not sure that stands up
fucthest8
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Eh?!
fucthest8
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Another vote for fox poo. Quite dog-like and very stinky.
Owl pellets are round and don't smell of poo.
Owl pellets are round and don't smell of poo.
Spending too much time looking on here and not doing any of the jobs I had planned for this afternoon; this conundrum has kept me happily occupied for hours
DaveCinzano
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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
We have foxes in our garden and their shit usually has a grey/silvery hue.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Colour varies depending on what they've eaten. Tends to be darker in rural areas.
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I live in a rural area, plenty of wildlife comes calling ...
Get foxes, hedgehogs and owls - as well as a lot of smaller birds & mammals.
Owl pellets rarely smell, are usually light coloured and full of fur and bones. Can be ball or cigar shaped. Apart from Little Owls, which seem to eat a lot of beetles, in which case, as with hedgehogs, there'll be a lot of shiny chitin from wing cases. Non-beetle hedgehog poo is dark, sticky and smelly, but much smaller - about little finger sized.
Get foxes, hedgehogs and owls - as well as a lot of smaller birds & mammals.
Owl pellets rarely smell, are usually light coloured and full of fur and bones. Can be ball or cigar shaped. Apart from Little Owls, which seem to eat a lot of beetles, in which case, as with hedgehogs, there'll be a lot of shiny chitin from wing cases. Non-beetle hedgehog poo is dark, sticky and smelly, but much smaller - about little finger sized.
Of course birds of prey do prey on smaller birds.
The turds in your photos look like mammal turds, whereas the bones, which you say look def avian/ small bird may have been sicked up with some hair and whatnot by a larger bird of prey or a mammal for whatever reason
I just can’t imagine an animal or bird that sicks up something for later or to feed it’s young, right next to its pile of shit
I’m still thinking if the shit/ scat is very smelly its probs fox or badger, or maybe even some sort of mustelid? Stoats around here will get an adult sized rabbit.
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