ID GUIDE
European badger
Location is key when trying to identify badger poo. “Badgers use their droppings to mark the boundaries of their territory, which can lead to poo wars when badger clans try to ‘out-poo’ each other at the key meeting points of their territories,” says Derek Crawley from the Mammal Society. “They also use a latrine area shortly after waking up.” Containing seeds and berries, droppings are usually purple, black or brown in colour and smell foul.
