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spraint

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spraint [spreɪnt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (often plural) a piece of otter's dung
[C15 sprayntes (pl), from Medieval French espraintes otter's dung, from espreindre to press out: compare express]


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Clues to look out for include chewed pine or spruce cones left over from a squirrel's meal, otter spraint, circular areas of flat grass where a deer has rested, owl pellets and the calls of siskins and crossbills from the tree tops.
I'd come up to Northumberland for a wildlife and ducks, anticipation mounted with each log, rock or fish that looked like an otter and the tell-tale spraints (droppings) and footprints along the banks.
Otters have left enough prints and spraints in recent months for them to be tracked along this route).
 
 
 
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