Comments on: A Weasel is Weasily Recognised*

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:52:43 +0000

No, I think they’d eaten them – just nappies hanging over the side of the nest.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:58:15 +0000

Nick – did they have any babies with them?
BikinginLa – it was rather a scruffy stoat

By: bikinginla

bikinginla — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:55:37 +0000

Yes, but was it a slim stoat or more of a stout stoat…?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:24:51 +0000

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a stoat – and I probably wouldn’t (until now anyway) have known what it was if I had seen one. But I did see a pair of storks when we were out for a ride along the rivers Maas and Waal on Sunday – and there aren’t many of those about in this part of the world.

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:43:21 +0000

No, nor wasps

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:00:12 +0000

You’re not a fan of figs, I take it then?

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:53:53 +0000

All wasps should die. Full stop. End of story.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:43:35 +0000

Flighty – yes, wrens are quick, aren’t they? Worth looking for though
RB – wasps are pretty amazing, when they aren’t trying to drunkenly crash your picnic…

By: RB

RB — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:02:30 +0000

We had a similar sighting just a week or two back – a stoat jumping in and out of the hedgerow – but with a very small specimen; it was only the black tail that gave it away. Gorgeous animals…

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen was a wasp catching a daddy-long-legs in mid-air, crashing it to the ground, “dismantling” it and then bundling it up under an “arm” and flying off with it! Gave me a whole new respect for wasps!

By: Flighty

Flighty — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:26:15 +0000

I’ve only ever caught a few glimpses of stoats and/or weasels at night, There’s lots of wrens on the allotment site but as for getting a good look at them…! xx