an you help me identify some footprints, please?

[vole-woman]

They're on the latest entry of my blog. Nightshade thought possibly mink, henrya thought maybe otter. There are water vole footprints in the top one to show the scale.

(Sorry, I know I posted this before but have no idea where my original thread's gone!)

[Gill Catton]

hmmm tricky one, Tear drop toe prints is suggestive of mink but there is something in the splay of the toes here that is reminiscent of otter. However, I think the shape and the scale makes me lean further to the mink side of the fence
I came across these otter prints in the soft sand of the river Glaslyn they were very fresh and the sand very soft, none-the less the toes are all rounded...

[hachidori]

These do look pretty "ottery" to me... Something about their "splattyness" that suggests a nice heavy otter. Although the wetter the substrate, the larger prints can appear.

[vole-woman]

Thanks. I found some spraint further along the brook, but the two sites are a good way apart and separated by the town centre, so it's not going to be the same animal.