Tracks and signs images needed.

[Deer Stalker]

Badger Latrine.

Badgers alway dig a small hole to use as a latrine & can be used many times. This Latrine was near the sett but others are used to mark the perimiter of a clans territory.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Examples of Sika deer Bole scoring.

One of the ways Sika stags mark their teritory, by gouging thier antlers in the trunks of trees during the rut in the autumn.







Will take pics of fresh scoring this autumn.

Interesting, do they use the same trees year after year?

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

Interesting, do they use the same trees year after year?

Hi Gill,

Yep they can do. Doesn't make them very popular with the Foresters.

[Deer Stalker]

Badger scratch post next to a sett.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Hi Gill,

Yep they can do. Doesn't make them very popular with the Foresters.

No I can imagine!! I wonder how many see such marks and think its evidence of a big cat!

[vole-woman]

Re the 2p piece: it's a gadget that a friend made for me.

http://staggsbrook.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

You drill a hole through the top of a coin, then tie some fishing line to it and wrap a good length of that line round a cork (prefereably one of those mushroom-shaped corks). The coin can be fitted in a slot cut in the head of the cork, and the whole thing fits in your pocket. Really handy for photographing tracks, scat, bugs or whatever.

[mh68]

Roe Deer tracks in soft mud. The splaying of the upper track in this case is caused by slipping. Splaying can also signify the animal moving at speed...



Mark H

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

No I can imagine!! I wonder how many see such marks and think its evidence of a big cat!

Mind you, I don't think many people notice it at all. Most seem to walk round the Forest with their eyes & ears shut.

[jennyb]

This is a great thread. I have so many holes and droppings in my garden that I am going to go out and take some photos this afternoon if the rain stops. I guess most tracks will have been washed away by now.

Jenny

[Tracey.A]

This is a great idea Mark! There arn't enough books about animal tracks and signs that are focused on Britain only. I'm really excited about this and I can't wait to see what kind of signs people find. Fantastic way to learn how to identify signs and tracks of British mammals. Brilliant, brilliant and what can I say - brilliant

Tracey