Crayfish footprints and Badger snuffle holes.

Seen this afternoon along the disused railway and in the Caldon Canal.

Badger snuffle holes and regular pathway on railway embankment (snuffle holes are where Badgers dig for earthworms).

One of the holes had been used as a latrine. There was a strongish smell too.

What is very probably American Signal Crayfish prints in the muddy bottom of a lock at Hazelhurst Junction (the lock has been emptied for repairs). American Signal Crayfish are a serious ecological nuisance see https://www.buglife.org.uk/uk-crayfish here is an informative leaflet https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/0BzWckZhY-EvoNjBXbW0yaVdwVVk