The European Animal Tracks Handbook

Description:

Containing more than 1,600 photos and drawings, this magnificent handbook is the definitive guide to the tracks and signs of European animals.

Wildlife tracking takes us deep into the mystery of nature, step by step. Many people may have some idea of what the tracks of a deer or the prints of a rabbit look like, but few of us realise how much more there is to discover.

This handbook is a comprehensive guide to the art of tracking, offering practical insight into the vast wealth of information that you can read from animal tracks and signs. Detailed descriptions and measurements of footprints and gaits are provided to aid identification, and include life-size or precisely scaled comparison charts of mammalian and bird footprints. In-depth species portraits present the biology, tracks and typical signs of Europe's mammals. The book also covers the footprints and grazing marks, nests, burrows and other signs of common birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

Now the standard work in the field, this handbook is an invaluable reference for all beginner and expert wild-animal trackers in the region.