You may not like the sight of these black shiny droppings, but I always love to see them, because it means I am walking in the footsteps of one or more roe deer. Very often, if you pay attention you can find more signs of their presence, like footprints or bits of bark scraped from trees or twigs. These droppings actually look very much like a popular Dutch sweet, called ‘drop’ – similar to liqourice – but I wouldn’t recommend eating them.