Identifying droppings

sallysgarden123

Can anybody help me identify these droppings which have started to appear in my mums garden?

They have only started to appear over the last week or so and they are appearing on a morning. They are in various parts of the garden and on top of a storage box. These are pics taken about 8.00 this morning and they still look fresh. 

Thanks in advance.

Bijdezee

Its hard to tell how big they are from the photos. A coin next to them might give some scale.

Apart from that, can you see anything in them that might give a clue, seeds or beetle carcasses? Hedgehogs have a lot of those in their poo. These dont look long enough for hedgehog though. 

Dovefromabove

Any squirrels in the vicinity?

sallysgarden123

No squirrels have been spotted.

This is a 1p coin at the side, nothing noticeable other than some green colour, the droppings vary a lot in size also.

Do you think there is any chance these could be rat droppings?

Thanks

Dovefromabove

Yes, at that size there's a strong chance that they're rat droppings. 

http://www.downthelane.net/garden-wildlife/identifying-animal-droppings.php 

Cynthia Metcalfe 412

Rat droppings are more pellet shaped. Those look as if they could be some kind of bird droppings.

sallysgarden123

AnniD

Pretty certain they're not hedgehog poo.

Mark56

Yeah, not a hog 

The_herpetologist

If they appear overnight and the droppings are clustered then it’s more likely rat than bird.