Sunday, 26 February 2012

Brown Bear Prints

I photographed this paw-print in the Soomaa NP in Estonia last year. I think it is that of a Brown Bear Ursus arctos, one paw print in mud on top of another. That is, a double print. But I am not sure, so any comments will be welcome. Gerard Gorman.

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Snow Leopard spray site

Territorial spray site (urine on rocks) of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia. Photo: Szabolcs Kokay, Ladakh, November 2011

Friday, 6 January 2012

Brown Hare Tracks

Fresh Tracks of Brown Hare Lepus europaeus in snow. Western Pyrenees, Spain. Julian Gayarre Igazuirre. 

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Capercaillie Droppings

Droppings of Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus. Cigarette stub-sized but varying in colour. Western Pyrenees, Spain. Julian Gayarre Igazuirre. 

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Chamois Tracks

Tracks of Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra in snow. Spanish Pyrenees, Julian Gayarre Izaguirre.

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Snow Leopard paw print

Paw print of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia. Szabolcs Kokay, Ladakh, November 2011.

Friday, 25 November 2011

Snow Leopard Tracks

Tracks of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia. Note human boot prints and the darker patches around the cat's prints, caused by the thick fur on their paws. Szabolcs Kokay, Ladakh, November 2011.

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Crab Burrow

New burrow of a small crab (species not documented) on beach on Havelock Island, Andamans, India. November 2011, Gerard Gorman.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Wild European Honey Bee Honeycomb

Fragment of the honeycomb of European Honey Bee Apis mellifera. Something had pulled most of a bee-nest out of this cavity in a beech-tree. Photo by Gerard Gorman taken in the Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain, October 2011.   

Monday, 17 October 2011

Skull and bones of Red Deer

Skull and bones of a Red Deer Cervus elaphus. Cause of death unknown. Photo taken in Irati Forest, Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain, October 2011, Gerard Gorman.