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Monday, 18 March 2013

Owl pellets


The top skull is puzzling and below various bird beaks found in LEO pellets from from site No2
There were 134 Field vole,1 wood mouse,1 pygmy shrew,1 Mole,5 bird sp(1 dunnock maybe),30 beetle Larva,1 Beetle,1 parasitic fly,3 caterpillar skulls and a full pot of things still to be id'd...all very interesting..
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6 comments:

  1. Brian Sumner .18 March 2013 at 19:41

    Any sort of teeth in the skull?

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  2. AndyC18 March 2013 at 20:15

    carnt find any teeth ,,,,Im thinking it might be a mole.??

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  3. Brian Sumner .18 March 2013 at 20:52

    Could be, looks the right shape?

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  4. AndyC18 March 2013 at 21:05

    Yep the shape looks good,im seeing a mammal expert next week ,so will get it confirmed..Hows the Tawnys bri,,might pop up tmrw if i get chance...

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  5. Brian Sumner .19 March 2013 at 19:43

    Glad you got the Tawny today Andy, its usually there but stays out of photographic vision when its cold.

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  6. AndyC19 March 2013 at 20:57

    A great site and very friendly chap who pointed it out..also got a few more pellets..

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