Any ideas?

[conall]

Out walking the dog this morning and came across these footprint on a stile and then these other footprints along the path, not sure if the 1st pic is of a stoat or similar genre. Second pic is of a fox I'm thinking but don't have a clue to what the other prints are next to it.
Any ideas?

Sorry picture quality is not so good...pda.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Squirrel in the first and the classic fox / rabbit in the second.

I don't have any reference material so I'm happy to be corrected.....

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[conall]

Thanks ogri, sqirrel doesn't seem big enough to have made the 1st pic prints..but what do I know, that's why I posted the pics didn't think the second was a rabbit because the rear legs hadn't made that classic long mark from when they rest.

 

[Laughoutlouder]

Could the first be a badger?

Think the second is a rabbit. Bit small for a hare. Looks like the rabbit was on the move at a slow to moderate pace so no proper resting marks. I would be with a fox tracking me!

 

[JonathanD]

Could the first be a badger?

Think the second is a rabbit. Bit small for a hare. Looks like the rabbit was on the move at a slow to moderate pace so no proper resting marks. I would be with a fox tracking me!

Deffo not a badger, looks like squirrel to me too. The rear print gives it away.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Squirrels do leave exceptionally large tracks for their size, especially in snow.
Here are some I took in our chicken pen - one squirrel visitor looks to be as big as our cats!
Its my left hand and I'm not a small bloke!

and this one looking into the print to see how deep the claws have penetrated.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Laughoutlouder]

Deffo not a badger, looks like squirrel to me too. The rear print gives it away.

Cool! Hard to gather size. Am trying to distinguish between grey and red squirrel tracks at the moment. Would those be grey tracks then Jonathan?

Thanks!

 

[JonathanD]

Cool! Hard to gather size. Am trying to distinguish between grey and red squirrel tracks at the moment. Would those be grey tracks then Jonathan?

Thanks!

I'd say so, yep.

 

[conall]

Thank you very much for helping me I.D these track, as always a wealth of knowledge from the bcuk members:You_Rock_

 

[Ogri the trog]

.... Am trying to distinguish between grey and red squirrel tracks at the moment. ......
Thanks!

I'm no great tracker LOLer,
though I recon the distinguishing feature might be the actual location - the greys largely push the red's out of an area. There are areas of dispute and hence there must be locations where both species exist side-by-side. I'm led to believe that the reds spend considerably more time up in the canopy and rarely visit the ground, so careful measurement of track size might be an indication but I'm not convinced that it would be a foolproof method.

ATB

Ogri the trog