Weasely recognised
Tuesday, 29. September 2009, 19:33:47
A few weeks ago I went for one of my early morning walks around Wat Tyler Country Park, where I saw a cormorant flying over
Down at the first bird screen I saw a couple of waders, a first at that screen. One was a curlew
The other a green sandpiper
And a blue tit stopped to look at me while feeding
Around lunchtime a friend tipped me off on a weasel running up and down a path. My first attempt I didn't see it. In my lunch break we all headed down and in a total novice move I was not ready and after fighting with my zoom lock I only managed one ok photo - gutting
I waited for another shot with no luck, but did get these mating common darters in the mean time
Along with this small copper
(100%)
WIDGETIZE
ERWIN # 29. September 2009, 19:38
L2D2 # 29. September 2009, 20:16
Chthoniid # 29. September 2009, 21:28
Robin # 29. September 2009, 23:31
Adele # 30. September 2009, 18:23
Neil # 30. September 2009, 19:21
@L2D2 - weasel dont hibernate. It was running up and down the path with dead mice apparently and into the same hole. I reckon it was feeding an (often large) brood of youngsters.
@ chitoniid - the one thing that ruins it is that twig across the body, but theres always a twig/blade of grass in the way!
@Adele - Im glad I got something, just annoyed I missed a golden opportunity to get a hard to get animal
Mark Jones # 1. October 2009, 04:32
Words # 2. October 2009, 20:14