Guest Chip Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 came across this today wanted to know what it belongs to ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 It looks a little bit like the red deer shit i saw yeserday , not quite the same shape though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Munty..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest rexdigger Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 red deer shit :icon_eek: wash your mouth out young lady Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 red deer shit :icon_eek: wash your mouth out young lady What is it then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest rexdigger Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 poo lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 poo lol Arnt we posh well it looks like the stuff i saw anyway except it was a bit rounder & smaller & a slightly different colour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Chip Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 i dare not say it when i posted but had a hunch it was munty,im chuffed and amazed, because if i showed you this place you would be wondering how they got there. i took the shot on some dissused allotments theres a small park adjoining it other than that the whole area is surrounded by estates old terrace houses main roads and the city center just within walking distance..not a farm for miles several locals have spotted them over the years i never have and like i say if you saw this bit of land. well i had a laughing fit when the first fella told me they were there. how they got there i,ll never know there must be a breeding population there to because the siteing go back some years and i understand they dont live all that long. very adaptable creatures is all i can say,and its suppriseing how little land they need to get a footing. thanks all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 i dare not say it when i posted but had a hunch it was munty,im chuffed and amazed,because if i showed you this place you would be wondering how they got there. i took the shot on some dissused allotments theres a small park adjoining it other than that the whole area is surrounded by estates old terrace houses main roads and the city center just within walking distance..not a farm for miles several locals have spotted them over the years i never have and like i say if you saw this bit of land. well i had a laughing fit when the first fella told me they were there. how they got there i,ll never know there must be a breeding population there to because the siteing go back some years and i understand they dont live all that long. very adaptable creatures is all i can say,and its suppriseing how little land they need to get a footing. thanks all. well...it is slightly different to all the other munty i have seen. Its usually more "pellety". BUT on a hunch i thought it had to be as i presumed it to be taken in wild. However, it has to be said that the droppings could also be a "young" stock animal, but again this time of year makes this rather unlikely.....the size can only be one deer IMHO and that is our smallest....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Chip Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) Droppings Description Droppings are rounded,with visible striations and black when fresh. Sometimes deposited in a clump like other deer species, but also ,and more often, spread individually.Size approx 1cm diameter. Muntjac use regular latrines, sometimes these may be a shallow scrape on the woodland floor,under dense cover or trees. ther were a fair few of these scrapings about as well as droppings,im convinced. you couldnt walk about the place the covers just too thick i call it allottments but natures took the place back its all young trees and gorse now. i thought they didnt live all that long but its says they can live up to 20 years so maybe the siteings are of the same fella and hes been put there... cheers. Edited December 27, 2008 by Chip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I'm with you JD, Muntjac Deer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Chip Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) also the teachers at our little girls school where this land joins that and the park say they seen it on occasion early morning top of their field and described it as a baby deer . it would be nice to think there breeding but the more i think about it i thinks its been released. just wouldnt mind see the fella my self. edited to add found a nice clip of one here this fella,s equally puzzled as to how they end up in these places http://www.bbc.co.uk/autumnwatch/meetthean...ntjacdeer.shtml well edited to add after watching the clip i got thinking about rail systems. did a bit of reseach an it appears the great central railway lines run right past this bit of land right up to 1969 and considerably less built up than is today so it just possible that how they came to be there and they been cut off since... Edited December 27, 2008 by Chip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 also the teachers at our little girls school where this land joins that and the park say they seen it on occasion early morning top of their field and described it as a baby deer .it would be nice to think there breeding but the more i think about it i thinks its been released. just wouldnt mind see the fella my self. edited to add found a nice clip of one here this fella,s equally puzzled as to how they end up in these places http://www.bbc.co.uk/autumnwatch/meetthean...ntjacdeer.shtml well edited to add after watching the clip i got thinking about rail systems. did a bit of reseach an it appears the great central railway lines run right past this bit of land right up to 1969 and considerably less built up than is today so it just possible that how they came to be there and they been cut off since... its highly unlikely they have been released matey. If your from where you say are on your profile then they have spread there of their own accord. IMO.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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