Rabbit tracks in the snow - Lepus curpaeums - Cumbria |
A rabbit highway! |
Rabbit burrow with droppings! |
As I continued walking something caught my eye and I turned around there was a herd of red deer, Cervus elaphus heading down the hill. It was great to see them in such big numbers in Cumbria. I am used to seeing one or two in the forest and they usually are very timid and run off. I have to admit I felt for a moment as if I was in Scotland!
red deer, Cervus elaphus - Cumbria |
Red deer tracks - Cervus elaphus - Cumbria |
Red deer tracks - Cervus elaphus - Cumbria |
Red fox tracks in the snow - Vulpes vulpes - Cumbria |
Red fox tracks - Vulpes vulpes - Cumbria |
Trotting tracks in the snow - likely to be a fox |
Domestic dog track for comparison - scientific name labradorus elephanus (only kidding!) |
Tracks up and down the riverbank |
The other tracks I have put on this blog are some I found yesterday in Whinlatter forest yesterday. They were tiny and I can only guess that they were made by a small mammal such as a vole....
Possible vole tracks - Cumbria |
Fab snow drifts |
Snow capped Pennines in the distance |
Evening sun on the trees |
Roxy having fun in the snow |
Books
'Animal Tracks and Signs' Preben Bang and Preben Dahlstrom. Oxford University Press
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