SHREW
Very faint, with five toes on the front feet (mice and voles have four.)
MOUSE
This is a wood (field) mouse: the house mouse is only about half this size!
VOLE
Rather like a mouse print, but broader – they also have shorter tails which may not show in soft mud or snow.
BROWN RAT
Like mouse trails but much larger. Often found in dust in warehouses.
HEDGEHOG
Five toes on each foot but often looks like four because the thumb is faint. Front foot much broader than the hind foot.
DOMESTIC CAT
The track is almost circular with four toes showing and no claw marks because they are retracted when walking.
RABBIT
Pointed foot with springy patches of hair rather than pads, so usually not very clear. Trails often double back then disappear! But how?
SQUIRREL
Squirrels move by hopping, so the prints appear in groups with the front prints behind the back ones! Trails nearly always start and end at a tree.
FOX
Similar to the dog but usually narrower with longer claw marks.
DOG
Like the fox above, but can be any size, and the pads are bigger.
F = Front footprint
H = Hind footprint
All prints shown are actual size.
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