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Out in the garden this evening and there is a fair few of these paw prints walking from the sheep field next to my garden into the garden and then from the snow onto the patio which is clear of snow. I live in the hills in north Wales There's two other houses close by but none have any pets. I thought cats and dogs had four toes and this appears to be the case according to google.
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I'd like it to be some form of wild beastie ideally. But then again maybe not.
Stay on the path!
Abominable snowman or baby robin.
Got to be one of those.
I thought cats and dogs had four toes and this appears to be the case
North Wales, you say...?
Manbearpig innit
North Wales indeed.
Badger treading rather lightly, from the looks of it.
Edit : After a quick Google, maybe not...
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Unless its claw marks have been covered by further snowfall, of course.
Honey badger.
badgerrrrrr
Well, it's cat rather than dog. No claw marks.
A polydactyl cat.
EDIT : missed scotroutes's post.
no sign of claw marks all the other ones don't show signs of any either.
badger or a skunk
Something like a coin alongside for scale would have helped.
Badger and the claws have been thawed or covered over again - you can just see the impressions where they originally were.
[quote=ernie_lynch ]A polydactyl cat.
EDIT : missed scotroutes's post.
It's OK - it looks like everyone else did too 🙄
Lets hope its a leopard. I wouldn't leave the house with a honey badger roaming about.
I'm no marine biologist but it looks like a turtle without it's shell.
[i]Something like a coin alongside for scale would have helped. [/i]
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Its a lesser spotted hippocrocamoosepig. An idea of size might help, but badger looks the safest bet.
hippocrocamoosepig
Beaten to it was gonna say Hippocrocgorrillapig though it being north wales... 
the hippocrocamoosepig is native to South Wales
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Cats will place their rear paws in the print made by their front paws; dogs are too stupid to do this. That's an easy way to tell them apart, especially if the print is not clear due to melting or whatever.
Any temp rises involved. Print may actually be bigger than when originally made.
Some photos of multiple tracks to get an idea of gait would help. Along with scale.
A picture of the animal that left the print would help .
Depends on size but I'm guessing we're in 'cat' size bracket
So:
Cat size
In the hills
North wales
mustelid
possible retractable or semi-retractable claws
screams something very special to me, and I've never been lucky enough to see one in the wild. Pine Marten!
Almost certainly a lion
my little brother makes tracks like that - yetibro