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1 Identifying Tracks : Mink Mink 2.5cm (1in) across ( cm), about as long as wide 5 toe pads, usually only 4 show, sometimes fewer toe pads in steep arc, often asymmetrically placed often claw marks in front of toe pads giving tear-drop shape heel pad usually fairly small Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 1

2 Identifying Tracks : Mink Mink on cartridge Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 2

3 Identifying Tracks : Mink Mink on cartridge - faint, note lack of claws Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 3

4 Identifying Tracks : Mink Mink on cartridge, footprint frenzy Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 4

5 Identifying Tracks : Mink-like Squirrel 2+cm across, elongated, very variable (see photos), often confused with mink 4 front, 5 hind toe pads toe pads far from heel claw marks far from pads 3 middle toes of hind foot in straight row Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 5

6 Identifying Tracks : Mink-like Squirrel on cartridge, note claws & size of toe pads Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 6

7 Identifying Tracks : Mink-like Cat 3+cm across, about as wide as long 4 front, 4 hind toe pads, symmetrically placed toe pads close to big heel pad NO claw marks not yet found on rafts Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 7

8 Identifying Tracks : WV & Rat Water Vole (almost indistinguishable from Rat) front print 1-1.5cm across, usually splayed in clay hind print 1.5cm across, up to 2-2.5cm long 4 front, 5 hind toe pads (often only 3 show) tiny claw marks in front of toe pads Rat prints overlap in size but usually slightly larger round-ended cylindrical droppings 10-12mm = W.V. WV Rat (fore&hind) (fore) Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 8

9 Identifying Tracks : WV & Rat Water Vole - confirmation round-ended, smooth cylindrical droppings 9-13mm groups of droppings on cartridge (latrine) Rat - confirmation slightly pointed, irregular cylindrical droppings 13-40mm one or two droppings maybe on raft, rarely on cartridge rat run along bank of water body near raft big rat prints larger than WV max small rat overlaps in size with WV Rat in mud by raft: Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 9

10 Identifying Tracks : WV Water Vole frenzy on cartridge, with latrines Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 10

11 Identifying Tracks : WV Mink, Water Vole & smaller mammal on cartridge Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 11

12 IdentifyingTracks:Small Mammal Small mammal (wood mouse / shrew / field vole) Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 12

13 Identifying Tracks : Odds Moorhen, Water Vole, worm casts, other tracks Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 13

14 Identifying Tracks : Odds Unknown bird, similar to moorhen, possibly rail Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 14

15 Front / Fore Identifying Tracks : Otter Otter 5-7cm (2 inch) across, as long as wide, hind longer 5 toe pads, usually 4 or fewer show, 5th toe is raised toe pads in asymmetrical arc in front of heel pad claw marks close in front of oval toe pads, teardrop Rear / Hind (small dog otter) Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 15

16 Identifying Tracks : Otter Otter (fore print at top, hind print showing 5th toe) Hind foot heel pad 5 th toe Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 16

17 Identifying Tracks : Otter-like Mink 2.5cm across, 4 toes show, half size of otter otherwise very similar Badger similar width to otter 5 toes usu show, in shallower arc claws long way from toe pads Dog Fox variable, some same width as otter 4 toes, in steeper arc, symmetrical smaller roughly similar to dog on soft but compact on hard ground Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 17

18 Contact Contact for print and scat identification Paul Gambling Lawn Cottage Gayton Thorpe Norfolk PE32 1PN Mink Rafts and Traps Slide 18

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