Please Indentify these?

[Jaymzflood]

After waking up in the morning in the brecon meet, about 20 meters away were these tracks;

that picture was just of 'one step' if you like, whatever did these im assume had pretty big feet, There seems to be 2 holes at the front, and 2 trailing behind in each pic. They were the size as (and bigger in some cases) my hands. Not sure if iv have took the photos correctly, but it would be nice to know what I was 20 meters from last night Ive also done a paint shop picture of what they looked like in a row (walking from right to left)

 

[Jaymzflood]

I just found this and its exactly the same, I googled 'Rabbit tracks in snow' bloody big rabbit tho eh?

 

[Jaymzflood]

Just watched a video of a rabbit running on youtube, it seems the 2 holes next to eachother at the front, are its back feet, and the 2 inline with eachother are its front feet. As it puts its front feet down first, they will be at the start of the track. Mystery solved Id have liked to have seen the size on the bloody thing tho!!

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Hare maybe................, 21st century pict is the guy to ask, what he doesn't know about lagomorph tracks ain't worth knowing..

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Id have liked to have seen the size on the bloody thing tho!!

Tracks often appear larger in snow.

 

[Jaymzflood]

So it wouldnt be the rabbit from Monty Python and the quest for the holy grail..then? lol

 

[blacktimberwolf]

So it wouldnt be the rabbit from Monty Python and the quest for the holy grail..then? lol

Nope, we're talking Were-rabbit here

 

[Siberianfury]

my moneys on a hare

 

[munkiboi182]

just put my pet rabbit out in the garden for a run about in the snow. i'd like to say that is 100% rabbit on sight comparison......im no expert tho

 

[Pablo]

The snow may have spread the compression shape out a little bit making it larger than the original fresh track. Compare the paw sizes of the front to the rear. If there is little size difference, it may be a hare. If the front paws are side by side it won't be a hare. In the pic the rear paws are leading and the front paws are trailing offset. It indicates a bounding rabbit. To be 100% sure it would be good to look at the whole area in context. Any holes nearby would indicate rabbit. They won;t wander too far from security.