Working from Home
By: snowgood
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
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| Focal Length: | 210mm |
| ISO: | 1600 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
Our study looks out to the front lawn, and a long laurel hedge.
On a good day one might see a grey squirrel at ground level, or charging down the phone wires.
Sometimes I enjoy staring contests with magpies, before eventually shooing them away.
Today whilst working from home I had a notable “first”.
Whilst on the phone to Belgium a little critter right to left, under the laurels.
Several minutes later the aforesaid creature furtively shot along the flower-bed in the opposite direction.
WOW!
It was a weasel, and judging by the size it was a female. It’s hard to imagine a predator that’s more secretive, whilst at the same appearing to be so timid.
My guess is that she was looking to raid bird’s nests.
Now I have to make a confession.
The picture’s actually stoat, and this particular specimen was in captivity. Even so “my” little weasel was incredibly similar, and I’ve never seen one in our garden.
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So, you know the difference between a weasel and a stoat ?
a weasel is weasely recognised and a stoat is stoatly different.:)
Indeed, but I’m pretty ropey on shrews, mice and voles!