A perhaps inauspicious start to the blog, but as this is my first attempt to post from the iPhone I’d rather keep it as simple as possible.
Here’s the snap I took of one of the resident mammals at my place of work the other day. It’s a fairly awful picture, and part of the ‘fun’ will come from trying to find the creature in the undergrowth in the first place. That puzzle solved, there comes the big question…
Weasel, or stoat? Expert opinion would be welcome, though inexpert opinion will also do just fine.
(I have to be honest with you: the question’s essentially settled now, but there’s always room for some further persuasion against all prevailing wisdom. Bonus points for most interesting weasel/stoat anecdote not involving maiming of human, weasel, or stoat. Rabbits are good, though.)
It’s a Weasel, no doubt about it.
I’ve known lots of Weasels in my time and that’s definately a Weasel.
It’s a Weasel.