Sunday 18 March 2012

Weasel


Went just now to check on the Edgeley Road voles and spotted this little chap. It's the first time I've ever seen a weasel in the wild. Weasels would take water voles, but they're part of the natural UK predator-prey balance (unlike non-native mink which can wipe out a w-v colony). So I felt thrilled and privileged to see him.

5 comments:

Richard said...

Fantastic photos kate - I've never seen a weasel, let alone get a picture of one!!

Kate said...

I was incredibly lucky. Makes up for failing to get anything on the trail cam except a blackbird (despite the fact a water vole came and pooed right nest to the cam).

Ben said...

Really great photos. Very hard to photograph indeed. Lovely to see the blog coming out of hibernation too.

Ben said...

I agree. Fantastic photos. Great to see the blog coming out of hibernation. It's one of the signs of spring for me.

Kate said...

What a nice thing to say.