I hadn't seen a weasel in the camera box for about four weeks and then this one turned up. Judging by its size and proportions it is a female and looking at the patterns of the gular (under chin) spots and flank markings it is one I haven't seen before, so the seventh different weasel this year. It has white toes on the left front foot (but not the right), a very distinctive left flank line,
so it should be easy to identify if it returns.
You'll see from the video that I have remodelled the inside of the camera box to make it more interesting for weasels to explore and this one certainly had a good look round. These pictures are from a week ago and it hasn't returned so far. Weasel presence and abundance is strongly related to the presence of prey, mainly voles. I have seen very few bank voles and no field voles on the cameras recently which is probably why there are few weasels. There are plenty of wood mice but they are nocturnal and the weasels are diurnal so the mice probably feel fairly safe in the camera box.
Fab footage Chris.
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