Poop in and around pool

[Scollops]

Just started to get what looks like poop, dark splats on the tiles. In the pool, looks like bits of dirt in a few places. Initially thought it was gutter mud from birds , but includes my deck now so it’s an animal of sorts. Maybe Bats ??

have upped my chlorine and brushed - can’t work out if it’s bats or something else here in Brisbane.

As for deterrents that work ……..lights - ? Only started recently bit odd…. But not great messy and health issue am sure.

 

[JohnT]

Maybe setup a game camera and see if you can identify what it is. Would make deterrents easier to figure out.

 

[mgtfp]

Ducks? Very cute, but make a mighty mess in and around the pool.

 

[kimkats]

Racoons?

 

[ppierce2nm]

Bat poop is small, it doesn't splat. Looks like little mouse turds. Source: we had a bat colony in a house we remodeled, the bats had lived there for years and (hundreds of bats). Opening stud bays resulted in several five gallon buckets of bat Crud being removed.

 

[kimkats]

A picture is needed for sure!

 

[Scollops]

Couple of pics I already cleaned the tiles on the pool - but there normally brown tar dried when I get to them. Pool difficult to see but has patches of what looks like dirt but I am guessing it’s poop
As I normally get a few lately. If you leave too long it’s chlorine and scrub on the tiles. I am thinking Fruit bat ?

 

[kimkats]

okay so it is not raccoons as there is not "stuff" in it. I am guessing bats or birds now.

 

[kimkats]

Well it is not bat pool if you look at this link: Bat Droppings Guide | Acer Ecology almost no liquid from bats..........time to borrow or buy a game camera to see if you can catch them in the act.

 

[Scollops]

Yeah I need something , this morning about 5 little piles within the pool shallow end. Oddly seeing poop under stairs to the pool so it’s not a bat . Need to get a camera up, thinking Possum but apparently poop doesn’t break up in water. Any apps to use a phone (have an old android) overnight to record without maxing it out ?
The way the pool is it can only fly in or jump up 6ft to get to pool - especially the shallow end.

I thought possums as I read they normally poop near the steps or shallow end - but it’s not solid so who knows.

 

[JJ_Tex]

In the US, you can get a cheap wifi camera that is motion sensing and has night vision for like $25. Typically they will store the videos on a SD card and you can even access them via your phone. I would see if you can get one of those to find the culprit.

Something like this would work, assuming you do not leave it outside in the rain or long term:

https://www.amazon.com/UNIOJO-Movement-Tracking-Activity-Monitor/dp/B08F3FSDFF/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=wifi+camera&qid=1612823223&sr=8-9