After all the excitement of weasels on the trail cameras here in 2024 I had high hopes for this year but it has turned out to be fairly quiet. Weasel populations are very responsive to prey availability and go up and down with variations in vole numbers. I haven't had a camera on the weasel wall this year but the weasel box has been monitored continuously. The camera records mostly common shrews and bank voles but there have been a few weasel visits in the last three months.
A handsome male appeared twice in April and May and I made a slow-motion video to show the changes in his moulting pattern over 16 days.
Last week this one turned up for a good look around. I think it is new to the box.
And in June a high-speed weasel that was so fast I can't tell which it is. There are no cuts in this edit.
I also saw a male weasel in the walled garden at the weekend so they are around. I'll keep the camera going and report back if there is more activity.
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