Any ideas?

whyulittle

Any ideas what might have left this, or is it too general looking. 2 euro coin in the second pic.

E39MSport

Pheasant maybe?

whyulittle

I googled otter, mink and pine marten and got mixed results for all three.

Habitat is deciduous woodland on the eastern shore of Lough Ree.

I did spot some spent shot gun cartridges elsewhere in the area.

Incidentally, I got my first look at a pheasant last week when one jumped out in front of me on a small country road! And actually later than night on the same road, something long and low to the ground ran across in front of me. Too dark to see any detail though.

swifts need our help!

I think the black dropping with seeds in it, a few pages back, belongs to a pinemarten that has been eating ivy berries

Mark
N Ireland

littlebug

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whyulittle

There are plenty of instances of it around the area.

On two rocks here along the shoreline, left and right through the middle of the shot.







Plus nearby, fish scales but no remains that I could see.

swifts need our help!

I cant think of anything else that would eat the ivy berries and produce a mammal dropping

mgwhelan

have to agree with swiftman , found this on a stone on our river thought it might be pinemarten too big for mink so check it up on google images look like it to me anyway.


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whyulittle

Good to know what's there, thanks guys.

Scotty #

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I think the black dropping with seeds in it, a few pages back, belongs to a pinemarten that has been eating ivy berries

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I cant think of anything else that would eat the ivy berries and produce a mammal dropping

Found 2 or 3 very similar on my Dads lawn last week, identical I would say. Nowhere near any forest though... all just agri fields around. I have seen one or two stoat there over the years though.