The European Animal Tracks Handbook
'A fascinating book ... with an enormous wealth of detailed knowledge, wonderful photos and illustrations .' – Jane Goodall Institute

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

The European Animal Tracks 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 animal-trackers of all abilities.

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The European Animal Tracks Handbook
'A fascinating book ... with an enormous wealth of detailed knowledge, wonderful photos and illustrations .' – Jane Goodall Institute

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

The European Animal Tracks 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 animal-trackers of all abilities.

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The European Animal Tracks Handbook

The European Animal Tracks Handbook

by Joscha Grolms
The European Animal Tracks Handbook

The European Animal Tracks Handbook

by Joscha Grolms

Overview

'A fascinating book ... with an enormous wealth of detailed knowledge, wonderful photos and illustrations .' – Jane Goodall Institute

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

The European Animal Tracks 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 animal-trackers of all abilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399415774
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 12/09/2025
Series: Bloomsbury Naturalist
Pages: 816
Product dimensions: 7.01(w) x 9.53(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Joscha Grolms is an internationally recognised tracker and an expert on the tracks and signs of animals in Europe. Inspired by the well-known trackers Louis Liebenberg and Mark Elbroch, he spent many years observing, measuring, photographing and researching, with his research taking him to North America, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany. In the course of his training, Joscha learned from both renowned scientists and indigenous trackers.

Joscha works as an evaluator to establish a worldwide standard for tracking, and he also teaches seminars, leads tracking tours and teaches students the art of tracking.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

How to use this book

Learning tracking

MAMMALS

Occurrence, biology and ecology

Foot morphology and tracks

Gaits and tracks

Guide to identifying mammal tracks

Identifying and interpreting signs

Insectivores

Bats

Lagomorphs

Rodents

Carnivores

Even-toed ungulates

BIRDS

Foot morphology

Gaits and tracks

Guide to identifying bird tracks

Anisodactyl

Tridactyl

Palmate

Totipalmate

Zygodactyl

Signs of birds

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

Tracks

Signs

INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES

Tracks

Signs

APPENDICES

Literature (selection)

Glossary

Templates for documenting tracks and mapping

Index

Track formula for mammals

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