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Mystery poo in garden

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questionsquestions1 · 03/04/2020 16:34

Soft, squidgy, flat, black and white poos keep appearing in the same place in my garden (see attached picture). They're maybe 0.5cm thick, so much more substantial than typical bird muck.

Every day there's more, in the same location, under a large tree.

My best guess is they're from a very large bird and they're falling from high enough to make them flatten on impact. But I can't find any similar images so I could be completely wrong.

Does anyone have any idea what they are and what I can do to stop them?

We're stuck isolated in our house, and they're almost impossible to clean, so keeping my kids of them is a nightmare! Any help would be much appreciated.

Mystery poo in garden
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BeetrootRocks · 03/04/2020 19:52

Big bird from sesame Street?

Not been seen for a while could be in your garden op Grin

HeronLanyon · 03/04/2020 19:56

Best thread ever. Give me squinting at pictures of random poo any day right now.
I agree it looks like large bird possibly nesting or perching defending nest/mating territory and so it is concentrated in area ?

I had delight of owl pellets yesterday and saw (warning) half a mouse in amongst bits of random fur etc. Hmmm

MereDintofPandiculation · 05/04/2020 09:08

Owls and buzzards are carnivores hence nutrient dense food. A vegetarian like a pigeon has less dense food hence more crap for size of bird? No idea whether there's any validity in this idea.

Brett64 · 22/11/2023 08:34

That looks like red kite poo

sixteenfurryfeet · 23/11/2023 19:16

steppemum · 03/04/2020 16:53

not barn owl, they don't pooh they vomit pellets
not fox, they look like dog poo but much more grainy and seedy.

It looks like pigeon poo to me. Pretty sure it is a bird.
Could be magpies or crows

Owls do both. Barn owl faeces is usually black and white.

Damn - caught out by a zombie thread. Confused

OlyCat · 21/05/2024 17:19

Too big for pigeon. It is the size of my thumb. We have been getting the same poo on our back patio for the past week. I’m thinking roadrunner.

OlyCat · 21/05/2024 17:27

Too big for pigeon. It is the size of my thumb. We have been getting the same poo on our back patio for the past week. I’m thinking roadrunner.

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lcakethereforeIam · 21/05/2024 22:54

Zombie poo thread 😃

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 21/05/2024 22:58

Squirrel, a big fat one?? We have a couple in our garden and one is twice the size of most I have see and eats too much as we leave them too much feed IMO

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