1. Introduction
2. What is a pellet?
3. Dissecting your own pellets - where to begin
4. Owl pellets
5. Falcon, hawk, kite, harrier and eagle pellets
6. Corvid (crow family) pellets
7. Gull, tern and skua pellets
8. Other seabird and waterbird pellets
9. Garden bird pellets
10. Other species' pellets
11. Identifying small mammal bones
12. Identifying other small animal parts
13. What else might you find in a pellet?
14. A final reflection

References
Latin names of species
Index

Ed Drewitt is a freelance naturalist and learning advisor. He specialises in showing people wildlife and helping them to learn birdsong. Ed has been collecting bird pellets, skulls and feathers since he was seven years old. Since 1998 he has been studying the diet of urban-dwelling peregrines and is author of both Urban Peregrines and Raptor Prey Remains.