Rabbit droppings

Droppings of Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus. This is a typical pile of small, current-sized, brownish pellets. Photo by Gerard Gorman.

Roadkill: Eurasian Badger

Although there were no major wounds on this badger Meles meles it had been hit by a vehicle. Note the long, impressive claws. Photo taken in the Bukk Hills, NE Hungary, by Gerard Gorman.

Bear Rear-Paw Print

This paw-print shows the rear foot of a Brown Bear in snow. It is long, fore prints are broad, and in some ways suggests a bare human foot. Photo by Gerard Gorman taken in Slovakia in January 2013. 

Waxwing Feathers

Feathers of (Bohemian) Waxwing Bombycilla garrulous in snow. Photo taken by Gerard Gorman, Budapest, February 2013.

Hedgehog droppings

Hedgehogs produce dark, cylindrical faeces of 2-5cm long. They are usually shiny and brittle due to containing chitin fragments from insect exoskeletons, but are sloppy when earthworms have been the main food. Photo of droppings of Eastern Hedgehog Erinaceus concolor by Gerard Gorman.

House Mouse droppings

House Mouse Mus musculus droppings. Budapest, Hungary. Photo: Gerard Gorman.

Otter Paw-Print

Otter Lutra lutra paw-print in wet mud. Apaj fishponds, Hungary, Gerard Gorman

Green Woodpecker: feeding hole in snow

Hole left by a Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis after digging through snow for prey. Photo by Gerard Gorman, Budapest, Hungary, December 2012. 

Beech Marten sprait

Droppings of Beech Marten Martes foina (aka Stone Marten). This mammal is common in rural and urban areas across much of continental Europe. Photo by Bela Streit, taken near Szekszard, Southern Hungary, 2012.

Wolf Scat

Scat (dropping) of Grey Wolf Canis lupus. Spain, October, 2012. Note size compared to 1 Euro coin. Photo: Julian Gayarre Igazuirre.