Footprints that we suspect are deer. Sambar have been seen in the area, sadly, and a neighbour reported seeing an area trampled in a manner expected of deer. Not sure about the droppings but they looked larger and more copious than marsupial droppings.
Hi Steph, I'd rather just go with unknown deer, as Fallow are also not that far from you, and I've no idea of their relative hoof size (and sambar have to be small before they are big). I'm not sure about the droppings either. All the existing sightings of deer droppings are of discrete oval sheep or goat-like turds, but I suppose they might get the runs sometimes if on very lush food. But the hoof prints will do it anyway. No local pig sightings I suppose? The droppings look a bit pig-like to me.
Steph, this is likely to be the same individual or species of feral hoofed mammal that left its hoof prints and droppings on our block which I reported and you commented on at the beginning of this month. Next time I come I will bring both my motion sensing cameras in an attempt to get a shot of this elusive animal.
That'd be good, Andrew. Our camera has died or we'd do that now. But there was more than one animal, as there were prints of different sizes. Some prints were right over close to our garden.
What we really need is a stag, for antler shape. I'm not sure a night time photo of a female will be a lot of help, unless it is conspicuously spotted, making it a fallow. But still better than just hoof prints.
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