Tracks and Trails

We went on a Tracks and Trails event organised by the Council. The man doing the talk was really good. We were looking for tracks and trails left by mammals. We found some hazelnut shells opened by voles. The man had a bag of different this and showed us a harvest mouse nest and a dead Mink. He also had some bags of otter and fox poo which are used as signs that these animals have been in an area.

Here's a picture of me smelling Otter poo for the first time, it smelled quite grassy.....



We walked around the park a bit more and our guide spotted this Otter footprint, i couldn't believe it, its the first time i have seen an actual otter print....

 The guide then found some fresh poo. Otter poo is called spraint and you can see bits of fish bones in it.....

It was a bit rainy but a really good day, I saw my first real signs of otters in my local area which made me really happy