Tracking.......print challenge

[British Red]

Okay one more.

Yes I know its tricky....I have more "environment" shots later if its too hard.

Bus, by way of a challenge, cCan anyone identify this print on a muddy slope?

Red

 

[pwb]

Haven't got a clue, even tried looking at it upside down .

Wild guess going by the muddy slope reference, Otter ?

Pete.

 

[JonathanD]

Mink? I really am confuzzled with this one.

 

[lou1661]

Badger is my wild stab in the dark!

 

[MartinK9]

Maybe an Otter?

 

[Pantalaimon]

with my beginners eyes, I'd say the prints of 1 3/4 roe deer balancing on 1 spot.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I was going to say a couple of deer.

 

[camokid]

muntjack i have the same prints on the land i shoot. they allways use the same spot of the brook to cross

 

[MartiniDave]

Another vote for Muntjac plural. Seen similar many times on our shoot, they seem to be cratures of habit..

Dave

 

[stevesteve]

Mmmm looks tridactyl to me... possibly a young Velociraptor?


I'll get me coat.
Cheers,
Steve

 

[smoggy]

A dificult one........no scale comparison or location information.....best deductive reasoning given the information presented.....

Probably multiple imprints of a hoved animal.....deer/pig/goat/etc.....

Am I in the ball park at all?

Smoggy

 

[British Red]

Lets provide a little more context to the track on this one

The bank - the print is on the dirt trail entering the hole

Close up of the hole

Does that help?

Red

 

[smoggy]

still limited scale ie, how big is that opening and no location info....but it does suggest a somewhat smaller print than previously invisaged.....which could mean it is a rodent or even bird, like a martin maybe....but it would mean its still a multiple print....

Anyone else any further ideas? I'm enjoying this....

Smoggy.

 

[Scrimmy]

The prints are throwing me off, the use of the entrance to the hole looks wide, not sure on location definately not rabbit, take a stab in the dark, saying most have been said, lets say Shelduck. Although it looks pretty damp in that hole.

 

[Rob Tangtent]

im going with a hedgehog!
Also there seems to be some sheds of the hedgehogs needles in the entrance (twigs dammit)
do hedgehogs even have sets?
as you can see i have no tracking ability
anywey thanks for these threads, they are very interesting

 

[Bushwhacker]

Could be the claws on the back leg of a rabbit as it's heading up the bank..

 

[Cobweb]

Badger? looks like their type of hole, but based on the print alone I would say moorhen

 

[pwb]

Badger? looks like their type of hole, but based on the print alone I would say moorhen

Does look like a badger shaped hole, kind of D shaped. Hard to tell the size though.

It also reminds me of a rats hole with that smooth track leading to it.

Pete.

 

[beachlover]

Watervole or Kingfisher?

 

[British Red]

The hole is...18" high

I think the hole is badger. I suspect the print are "toes" without the remainder of the print (two prints overlapping). I think it might be "gripping" toes to avoid skidding.

But I have been worng so many times!

Red