Which predator will it be?
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DrDave said:
Don't think raccoons live in England, just north america.
Lily I don't know if you have home depot there but this is some netting that they sale, that according to the reviews have kept fox etc out of a yard.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
Not intrusive as it is black.
Maybe it was a fox.
The sand prints arent great but one of the smaller ones definately has five claws and is about 14cms by 10cm. I have taken photographs of them which unfortunately dont show them up so well due to my only being able to operate the camera on automatic settings which were too bright. I will try and figure out later tonight how to put one on here for any opinions.
If you have a photo editing program, use the auto adjust contrast and color feature to improve your photo. The re-size it to 800 wide and it will be small enough to upload.
iam the predator iam allways on the look out lol
These look like a big dog paw print.
What predators doe the UK have that are on 4 legs?
What predators doe the UK have that are on 4 legs?
dogs, cats, foxes, badgers, otters, mink, stoat , weasel.
The feet are too big for cats and dogs only have four toes (plus one higher up that doesnt touch the ground called a dew claw). I have looked up foxes and apparently they are the same.
There are definately five digits on two of the paw marks.
We think they are too big for mink and since otter have been seen on the lane which is only about 20feet from the pond they are the suspects so far.
One of the prints looks as though there is a 'heel' mark at the back but there is also another claw mark so we wonder if it is actually another print on top.
I dont have any editing stuff on my computer (or at least I cant find it if I do, and its frustrating not being able to show you the indentation of the pads. I took loads of pics but they just dont show it up).
There isnt a problem with stray dogs and there are no reports of bins being ransacked etc.though some eggs and hens have gone due to foxes.
My stepdad is going to put the sand trays out again so if any better prints come I will try and get a pal with a proper camera to picture them.
Also dad says that he has seen poo previously in the garden that he thought was hedgehog poo but may have been otter.
We have laughed today (aside the sadness of the devastation caused) at us all looking at pictures of poo!!!! and paw prints.
It seems the way to tell with poo is to sniff it (between mink and otter) but dad is not very keen!!!!!
Funny how you get attached so quickly to your fish, when my parents were looking at ours they were talking about the different markings their fish had etc and it was sad.
We know we have an otter in the field behind us. We have high wooden fencing which it wouldnt be able to get through but we are going round the back garden bit by bit packing the bottom of the fence.
Goodness me, I thought fish keeping was meant to relax and lower the blood pressure!
The feet are too big for cats and dogs only have four toes (plus one higher up that doesnt touch the ground called a dew claw). I have looked up foxes and apparently they are the same.
There are definately five digits on two of the paw marks.
We think they are too big for mink and since otter have been seen on the lane which is only about 20feet from the pond they are the suspects so far.
One of the prints looks as though there is a 'heel' mark at the back but there is also another claw mark so we wonder if it is actually another print on top.
I dont have any editing stuff on my computer (or at least I cant find it if I do, and its frustrating not being able to show you the indentation of the pads. I took loads of pics but they just dont show it up).
There isnt a problem with stray dogs and there are no reports of bins being ransacked etc.though some eggs and hens have gone due to foxes.
My stepdad is going to put the sand trays out again so if any better prints come I will try and get a pal with a proper camera to picture them.
Also dad says that he has seen poo previously in the garden that he thought was hedgehog poo but may have been otter.
We have laughed today (aside the sadness of the devastation caused) at us all looking at pictures of poo!!!! and paw prints.
It seems the way to tell with poo is to sniff it (between mink and otter) but dad is not very keen!!!!!
Funny how you get attached so quickly to your fish, when my parents were looking at ours they were talking about the different markings their fish had etc and it was sad.
We know we have an otter in the field behind us. We have high wooden fencing which it wouldnt be able to get through but we are going round the back garden bit by bit packing the bottom of the fence.
Goodness me, I thought fish keeping was meant to relax and lower the blood pressure!
If you google paw prints for each of those, you may find a match.
stroppy
stroppy
do they look like any of these lily http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=e...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQsAQwAw
I think the Otter has it. Anyone have any BBQ recipes for Otter?
I think the Otter has it. Anyone have any BBQ recipes for Otter?
stroppy
stroppy
drdave said:
lol