The first 2 pics are hedgehog poo. I've had hedgehogs in my garden for some years now. The second pics could be cat poo .I get lots of cats in my garden and if their not spraying up my pots and plants they are pooing all over. They don't always bury it. I've found similar poo on top of my low growing euonymus bush. If your shed is raised off the ground, its possible the hedgehogs have found a new home. Hedgehogs born in June and July will be looking for their own place.
Hope it works nutcutlet, I eat far too much chocolate, I will save this thread and every time I fancy a bar of chocolate I will look at those beautifully composed pictures of poo first!!!??
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Good idea Bs. I used to make a choc and cornflake thing for the kids many years ago. They had their own special name for it, M....... Delight, after the local sewage works. I hope that helps
I have something living in my compost container overwinter. I would love it if it was a Hedgehog, but am concerned that it may be a rat. After topping up with fresh veggie peelings, I find next time I go to put more in that there is almost always a passage up along one side of the bin. How can I identify what is lodging there? Occasionally I have discovered droppings on the top surface of the compost. these have been about, or just over, one inch long and around 1/4 inch in diameter, tapered at ends, medium brown and appear wet and shiny.
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No sign of any movement inside the shed, holes into the shed, or poo in the shed.
Hi Jase73
The first 2 pics are hedgehog poo. I've had hedgehogs in my garden for some years now. The second pics could be cat poo .I get lots of cats in my garden and if their not spraying up my pots and plants they are pooing all over. They don't always bury it. I've found similar poo on top of my low growing euonymus bush. If your shed is raised off the ground, its possible the hedgehogs have found a new home. Hedgehogs born in June and July will be looking for their own place.
Hope it works nutcutlet, I eat far too much chocolate, I will save this thread and every time I fancy a bar of chocolate I will look at those beautifully composed pictures of poo first!!!??
Good idea Bs. I used to make a choc and cornflake thing for the kids many years ago. They had their own special name for it, M....... Delight, after the local sewage works. I hope that helps
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have something living in my compost container overwinter. I would love it if it was a Hedgehog, but am concerned that it may be a rat. After topping up with fresh veggie peelings, I find next time I go to put more in that there is almost always a passage up along one side of the bin. How can I identify what is lodging there? Occasionally I have discovered droppings on the top surface of the compost. these have been about, or just over, one inch long and around 1/4 inch in diameter, tapered at ends, medium brown and appear wet and shiny.
Sounds like rats to me.
This may help
http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/naturalist-skills/free-animal-droppings-id-guide
Turn your compost and soak it with a hose ... the rats want somewhere warm, dry and peaceful to raise a family ... don't give it to them.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.