Tracks

[horselady]

Leaving my house this morning, I was intrigued by some tracks that I didn't recognise. They started at my neighbour's bin, came across to our path, up to the front door, then off down the drive and across the road. No claw marks, just sort of oval shaped smallish footprints, larger than cat sized. Any ideas what they could be? I want to know who was at my door in the middle of the night!

[horselady]

That's what I thought at first but I've just googled fox prints in the snow and they are nothing like that. Thanks anyway.

[wildwood]

If it started by the bin I can only assume it was Oscar.

[Beatrice35]

Do you live near a forrest? Are you in a very rural area? Have you taken a picture of the print? If so you could compare it with all wild animal prints online until you have your match. Good luck! Hugs, Bea :-)

[horselady]

lol wildwood, I can just imagine him coming to the door!

Bea, yes very rural but no forest, just fields. I didn't take a picture and I'm at work now. If the tracks still show tonight I will get a piccie on my phone. I thought I would easily find out what it was by googling all the usual suspects, fox, badger etc. but I can't find anything like it. The nearest is a deer but surely no deer would ever come that near to a house?

[fredpuli47]

If you thought of deer, consider muntjac .This very small deer, about the size of a labrador dog, is now quite common in southern England.It prefers to live in woodland but can be quite happy with overgrown gardens and thickets.We have quite a number around . They turn up in gardens here quite often.This is a rural area, but comparatively densely populated, with sizeable villages quite close together, a few miles from Cambridge.
You are more likely to hear one than see one. They bark rather like a dog and do so at night as well as day. They seem quite happy to be active at dusk and just after dark..