Bluemoon1502
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Re: Hi! (Newbie trying to solve a mystery)
Hi I'm new to the forum and was wondering if this would be the right place to get some info to try and solve an on going mystery!
We have just moved into a new house and noticed some some kind of droppings on and around the bins. They looked a bit big for a mouse so I thought rats strait away!
I cleaned the droppings away and left a humane trap on the floor next to the bins, along with 3 peanuts about a foot away from the trap to see of anything had been along. I then turned my CCTV cameras to the area and went to bed.
The next day, first thing in the morning, I went to check the bins to see if there were any new droppings and there was. About 50 of them! I then checked my trap but nothing had been caught. Checked the peanuts next to the trap and they were all still there! I was puzzled as to why the animals that have done about 50 droppings, have not eaten the peanuts? Not to worry I thought. At least I've caught it on cctv so I can ID the animal. The problem was.. when I checked my cameras, the droppings just seem to appear from no where! Like literally drop out of the sky! I re-wound the cameras and I can see the dropins arrive but cannot see anything leave the droppings. I've zoomed in, but nothing.
I cleaned the droppings away once again and covered the tops of my bins with white paper so it was easier to see anything walking on them. I also angled my cameras upwards so I could see anything flying over which may drop them (thinking bats). The next night at about 7PM, I checked my camera and noticed a new dropping had arrived. I re-wound my camera footage and pressed play. Again, the dropping just arrived from no where! I've re-wound and zoomed in, looked at the area above where the droppings appear, at the time it happens, but cannot see anything.
These droppings, at least 50 of them every night, keep appearing. Every evening, between 5 and 10 of them appear from between about 6.30pm until about 9pm. Nothing happens in the day however when I wake up, there are at least 50 new droppings which have appeared over night!?
I've checked my garage (which the bins are up against) for bats but cant see any evidence of them. I've sat in my conservatory which overlooks the garage/bins at dusk, but cannot see anything happen. The garage wall is covered in ivy (I'm not sure if that is of any relevence).
I've got pictures of the droppings and was hoping someone would point me in the right direction to maybe ID which kind of animal it is? I'm hoping it is bats to be honest because we like to have a lot of BBQ's and there is nothing better for controlling the amount of insects in the air!
I've attached (I think) some images of the droppings.
Apologies is this is the wrong place to ask about this however any advice would be good!
Thanks
Bluemoon1503
Hi I'm new to the forum and was wondering if this would be the right place to get some info to try and solve an on going mystery!
We have just moved into a new house and noticed some some kind of droppings on and around the bins. They looked a bit big for a mouse so I thought rats strait away!
I cleaned the droppings away and left a humane trap on the floor next to the bins, along with 3 peanuts about a foot away from the trap to see of anything had been along. I then turned my CCTV cameras to the area and went to bed.
The next day, first thing in the morning, I went to check the bins to see if there were any new droppings and there was. About 50 of them! I then checked my trap but nothing had been caught. Checked the peanuts next to the trap and they were all still there! I was puzzled as to why the animals that have done about 50 droppings, have not eaten the peanuts? Not to worry I thought. At least I've caught it on cctv so I can ID the animal. The problem was.. when I checked my cameras, the droppings just seem to appear from no where! Like literally drop out of the sky! I re-wound the cameras and I can see the dropins arrive but cannot see anything leave the droppings. I've zoomed in, but nothing.
I cleaned the droppings away once again and covered the tops of my bins with white paper so it was easier to see anything walking on them. I also angled my cameras upwards so I could see anything flying over which may drop them (thinking bats). The next night at about 7PM, I checked my camera and noticed a new dropping had arrived. I re-wound my camera footage and pressed play. Again, the dropping just arrived from no where! I've re-wound and zoomed in, looked at the area above where the droppings appear, at the time it happens, but cannot see anything.
These droppings, at least 50 of them every night, keep appearing. Every evening, between 5 and 10 of them appear from between about 6.30pm until about 9pm. Nothing happens in the day however when I wake up, there are at least 50 new droppings which have appeared over night!?
I've checked my garage (which the bins are up against) for bats but cant see any evidence of them. I've sat in my conservatory which overlooks the garage/bins at dusk, but cannot see anything happen. The garage wall is covered in ivy (I'm not sure if that is of any relevence).
I've got pictures of the droppings and was hoping someone would point me in the right direction to maybe ID which kind of animal it is? I'm hoping it is bats to be honest because we like to have a lot of BBQ's and there is nothing better for controlling the amount of insects in the air!
I've attached (I think) some images of the droppings.
Apologies is this is the wrong place to ask about this however any advice would be good!
Thanks
Bluemoon1503