What did I see south Warwickshire?

[PositronicRay]

Dashed across the path and disappeared into undergrowth.

Dark brown reddish colour, bushy tail, a bit bigger than a grey squirrel ?

[Kes Arevo]

Pine Marten?

[Simpo Two]

Red panda...

[Regbuser]

A stoat?

[Scrump]

[PositronicRay]

Kes Arevo said:

Pine Marten?

Looks close, love to think so, not really a south warks thing.

[PositronicRay]

Regbuser said:

A stoat?

I think this is favourite.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Kes Arevo said:

Pine Marten?

We get those where I live. Ruthless predators but wonderful to see.

[Kes Arevo]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

We get those where I live. Ruthless predators but wonderful to see.

We have them here. Absolute ball ache if they get in your roof!

[TheBALDpuma]

PositronicRay said:

Regbuser said:

A stoat?

I think this is favourite.

Stoats are teeny tiny though

[Silvanus]

TheBALDpuma said:

PositronicRay said:

Regbuser said:

A stoat?

I think this is favourite.

Stoats are teeny tiny though

Definitely smaller than a grey squirrel. Could be a polecat/ferret.

Probably not a pine marten, but they are now starting to be sighted in places where they they haven't been previously recorded

[Old Man Peabody]

No one?

Ok, I'll go:

A weasel is weasley recognised, where as a stoat is stotally different.

[PositronicRay]

Silvanus said:

TheBALDpuma said:

PositronicRay said:

Regbuser said:

A stoat?

I think this is favourite.

Stoats are teeny tiny though

Definitely smaller than a grey squirrel. Could be a polecat/ferret.

Probably not a pine marten, but they are now starting to be sighted in places where they they haven't been previously recorded

Okay going for a polecat.


https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article...

[Simpo Two]

Bingo, well done. Now you can report it too:

'If you spot a polecat, please send us a record that includes details of the location, the date and by whom it has been seen. Photographic evidence will also be very helpful. You can submit it using the WBRC Species Record Submission form or email [e-mail]. Your records will help us to keep the track of polecats’ distribution.'

A red panda or Basil Brush would have been more fun though

[Silvanus]

PositronicRay said:

Silvanus said:

TheBALDpuma said:

PositronicRay said:

Regbuser said:

A stoat?

I think this is favourite.

Stoats are teeny tiny though

Definitely smaller than a grey squirrel. Could be a polecat/ferret.

Probably not a pine marten, but they are now starting to be sighted in places where they they haven't been previously recorded

Okay going for a polecat.


https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article...

Cool, great little creatures, quite a few are hybrids, but either way they are great things to have around as part of the ecosystem.