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Sunday, 20 February 2011

Snow Tracks

These tracks appeared overnight in our front garden. They look like deer, I cannot think of anything else.

We left a tray of raisins and old Christmas cake out the previous evening and its all gone this morning
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5 comments:

  1. Linda20 February 2011 at 11:31

    Looks like Fallow deer. My track book says 6.5 x 4cm. Does that sound about right? Doesn't say they eat Christmas cake though!

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  2. Nick Carter20 February 2011 at 17:09

    Must be a Rheindeer then, a bit late though!

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  3. Bruce21 February 2011 at 10:33

    Thanks Linda, that sounds right. I have seen Roe and 1 Red in the fields nearby but not Fallow.

    Nick could also be right. I left a note asking for ten pence for the cake, but it only left two pence! There was a lot of cake for one. Must have been too deer!

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  4. ian and tina21 February 2011 at 13:34

    These tracks have melted out, and the size distorted. They are likely to be roe deer, if sheep can be ruled out.

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  5. Bruce21 February 2011 at 22:27

    Sheep I am sure can be ruled out, and they had melted out. There were large cat prints nearby and we don't see many lynx round here.

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