Snowprint ID please

[kiwi]

Found these in some woods near coalbrookdale:



,



,

,


and finally



I would appreciate the help a lot.

The distance between each one was about 2 foot
On some of the prints the claws are very splayed at the bottom but others are close together.
My first thought was deer but I somehow doubt they will be in an area of woods that small.
Please try to ID these.

Thanks in advance

Jordan

[Dogghound]

Look like rabbit prints, definately not from a hoof, or possibly squirrel these are quite hard to make out im afraid. One of the two though.

[celt]

Originally Posted by kiwi

Found these in some woods near coalbrookdale:



,



,

,


and finally



I would appreciate the help a lot.

The distance between each one was about 2 foot
On some of the prints the claws are very splayed at the bottom but others are close together.
My first thought was deer but I somehow doubt they will be in an area of woods that small.
Please try to ID these.

Thanks in advance

Jordan

difficult to call, are the other pics different to the ones by your hand ?

The ones by your hand look similar to the fore print of a Muntjac which is smaller than the similar Roe Deer.

You should try to get all four prints in the shot then close up of fore and hind.

[ron1863]

The first shot shows claw prints, which could be Squirrel and I would guess a small deer for the second.

[kiwi]

OK thank you guys.
It was probably a squirrel then from what you lot say.
The prints were in different areas they went through scrub and bracken.
I'm a bit confused though because i saw some prints leading towards a branch with a space underneath, there was no prints underneath the branch but on the top where snow had settled there was a patch where the snow had been brushed of like something stepped over over it and knocked of some snow.
The branch was about 1-2 foot of the ground.
A squirrel would of simply have gone underneath wouldn't it ?

Hope i made myself clear thanks for the help.