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Posted: **Fri May 14, 2010 10:51 pm**

I managed to stalk this little fella on Thursday up at Brackley:

Took the shot with my phone camera, he was as placid as anything, I even managed to stroke his fur with my finger. As far as I can tell, he's a Short Tailed Shrew and he was no more than two or three inches in length - absolutely tiny.

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2010 1:15 am**

Aw, what a lovely photo, isn`t he cute?

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2010 8:58 am**

So tame! Nicely caught!

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2010 1:45 pm**

I've immortalised Sean the Shrew on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs0ldtuKQV0

Interestlingly, shrews are NOT related to rats and mice, something to do with the number of digits on their feet, shrews have five and rodents only have four, according to Google that is.

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:26 pm**

Hello, I took this picture today

At first I thought it was an otter, though I had a nagging doubt, but then someone said it might be a mink, which I had not considered. Can anyone shed light on the matter? Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:49 pm**

That is a mink.

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:53 pm**

howlsatthemoon wrote:That is a mink.

......without a doubt.

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:58 am**

We saw lots of them on Davaar Island.Definitely Mink.

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:57 pm**

It's truly amazing how this non-native species has become so ubiquitous throughout the UK in a relatively short number of years, and to such an extent that they have become a pest in many places.

Posted: **Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:04 pm**

A fur farm in this area of Staffordshire was raided many years ago and a lot of them were released in to the wild.

Posted: **Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:10 pm**

On the one nice day we had recently (Saturday), I was lucky enough to catch a shot of this kestrel.

Kestrel manoeuvres by weetoon66, on Flickr

I also got a shot of it holding its prey, which I didn't notice until I got home. Unfortunately it was quite far away.

Posted: **Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:23 pm**

Superb photographs - well done What?

Posted: **Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:41 pm**

What?Who?

Posted: **Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:36 pm**

Wow!! Great catch, What! Beautiful

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:49 pm**

A close encouter with the goats at Machrihanish yesterday (close enough to smell them :mrgreen:

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