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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Capercaillie71" data-source="post: 1255654" data-attributes="member: 32437">I didn't think of Pine Marten, but I suppose it is a possibility as the photo was taken in Easter Ross, where all three species occur.  I was thinking of Mink more on the basis of habitat as it was next to a watercourse with alder and willow woodland adjacent.I found two more signs further down the same watercourse which were very old and weathered.  These were in more of a classic otter location (on top of a rock in the watercourse), but the first one had fur and a bird's foot in it, which seemed more mink-like, while the second had fish scales in it.</blockquote>