Badger Tracks?

[Richie O]

Is this a badger track?

It was taken on the way to Ashdown Forest a while back and i have just refound it on my crappy camera phone

 

[al21]

S orry Richie, that looks like a dog to me. A badgers print will have five toes and a kidney shaped pad print.

Have a look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/field_guides/animal_tracks.shtml to see what I mean.

 

[spamel]

I'd say a dog, possibly fox. Badgers have five toes, dogs have four. A foxes two outer toes or pads, draw a line from one tip to the other. If it cuts through the two central pads, it is a dog. If it is clear of the two central pads, it is a fox. It's difficult to say but I'd think that looks like a dog print.

 

[spamel]

Badger print:

And another:

A really clear print this one!

Comparison prints between varying animals:

 

[leon-1]

It's a dog.