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Foreword 9 Genet 55
Domestic cat 55
How to use this book 10 Wild cat 56
Introduction 11 Lynx 56
Beech (stone) marten and pine
marten 57
Polecat 58
Plates 15 Mink 59
Mammal footprints 28 Stoat (ermine) 60
FOOT STRUCTURE 28 Weasel 61
The feet of plantigrade animals 28 Otter 61
The feet of digitigrade animals 29 Badger 63
Pads 29 Wolverine 65
TYPES OF PRINTS 30 Fox 67
Paw footprints 30 Arctic fox 69
Cloven hoof prints 31 Dog 69
Non-cloven hoof prints 32 Wolf 69
GAITS 33 Raccoon dog 70
Walking 34 Bear 70
Trotting 35 Raccoon 71
Galloping 36 Seal 72
Jumping/bounding 37 CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS 73
MEASURING FOOTPRINTS 38 Wild boar 73
ANIMALS WITH PAWS 40 Domestic pig 74
Hedgehog 40 Red deer 74
Bat 40 Fallow deer 75
Mole 41 Sika deer 76
Shrew 42 Muntjac 76
Hare 42 White-tailed deer 76
Mountain hare 45 Roe deer 77
Rabbit 45 Elk (moose) 78
Red squirrel 46Reindeer 80
Grey squirrel 47 Mouflon 80
Flying squirrel 47 Domestic sheep 81
Dormouse and hamster 47 Chamois 81
Alpine marmot 48 Domestic goat 82
Beaver 49 Musk ox 83
Muskrat 50 Domestic cattle 83
Coypu 50 HOOFED ANIMALS 84
Small rodents, mice and rats 52 Horse 84
Donkey 84
FOOT STRUCTURE 85
TYPES OF FOOTPRINTS 86 CONES 129
GAMEBIRDS 87 Squirrel 131
Pheasant 87 Mice 132
Common partridge and red-legged Birds 134
partridge 87 HAZELNUTS 138
Quail 88 Squirrel 138
Capercaillie 88 Mice 139
Black grouse 88 Birds 142
Hazel grouse 89 WALNUTS 144
Willow grouse, ptarmigan and red Rodents 144
grouse 89 Birds 144
WATERBIRDS 90 BEECHNUTS AND ACORNS 145
Swans 90 Rodents 145
Geese 90 Birds 146
Ducks 91 CHERRIES AND PLUMS 146
Gulls 91 Rodents 146
Terns 91 Birds 146
Coot 91 ROSEHIPS 147
WADERS, HERONS AND CRANES 92 Rodents 148
Waders 92 Birds 148
Herons 92 APPLES 148
Cranes 94 Rodents 148
PASSERINES, PIGEONS AND DOVES 94 Birds 149
BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS 96 CEREALS 150
Badger 150
Deer 150
Rodents 150
Plates 98 Birds 151
Feeding signs on trees and bushes 105 OTHER SEEDS 152
DEER 107 BEET 152
Browsing 109 Deer 152
Barking 109 Rodents 153
Feeding signs of individual deer HERBACEOUS PLANTS 153
species 110 Deer 154
SHEEP AND GOATS 111 Rodents 154
RODENTS AND HARES 112 Birds 156
Root-gnawing 113
Bark-gnawing 115
Bud-gnawing 124 '
BIRDS 125 PREDATORY MAMMALS 158
Woodpeckers 126 Remains of birds 158
Other birds 127 Remains of mammals 159
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Remains of amphibians and fish 163
BIRDS OF PREY 164
Remains of birds 164
Remains of mammals 167
Remains of fish 167
Plates 206
OWLS 209
Long-eared owl 209
Bee and wasp nests 168 Short-eared owl 211
Anthills 169 Short-Eagle owl 211
Cowpats 169 Barn owl 211
Sand and mudflats 170 Litt owl 211
Snail shells 171 BIS O PREY 212
BIRDS OF PREY 212
Antlers and bones 172 Buz 212
Buzzard 212
Pineapple galls 172 Sparrowhawk 212
Frog remains 172 Goshawk 212
Impaled animals 173 Kestrel 213
Eggshells 173 CROWS 213
CROWS 213
Crow 213
Rook 213
Jackdaw 214
Plates 178 Magpie 214
Mammal droppings 181 GULLS 214
Hedgehog 182 Black-headed gull 215
Shrew 183 Common gull 215
Bat 183 Herring gull 215
Hare 183 HERONS AND STORKS 216
Mountain hare 183 Stork 216
Rabbit 184 Grey heron 216
Squirrel 184
Beaver 185
Vole 185 - -
Mouse 186
Mouse 186 Tracks 219
Carnivores 186 T
Carnivores 186 Large herbivores 219
Small rodents 219
WDeer 192 , ,,Beaver 220
Sheep, goats and relatives 194 Gamebirds 220
Bird droppings 195
WATERY DROPPINGS 196
FIRM DROPPINGS 196
Gamebirds 198
Swans and geese 200
Homes and hiding-places 221 Muskrat 236
HOMES ON THE GROUND 222 Beaver 237
Deer 223 Fox 239
Hare 223 Badger 239
HOMES ABOVE THE GROUND 224 Polecat and mink 240
Squirrel 224
Harvest mouse 225 Signs caused by specific behaviour 241
Common dormouse 226 FRAYING 241
Garden dormouse 227 SHARPENING 243
HOMES UNDERGROUND 228 SCENT MARKING AND WALLOWING 244
Rabbit 228 FIGHTING AND DISPLAYING 247
Mole 230 DUST BATHS 248
Water vole 232 MOULTING OF FUR AND FEATHERS 249
Rats 234 Feathers 250
Wood mouse 234 Plates of feathers 251
Other small mammals 235
Hamster 235 Photograph credits 256
Alpine marmot 236 Index 257