The stoat has been having a bit of bother with the neighbours recently. A few weeks ago I posted a video of the stoat chasing a squirrel but sometimes it is the other way round. A male stoat could kill an adult squirrel but a stoat of either sex is more of a threat to the squirrel's young. Squirrels are nesting in the trees in the garden and I hope the stoat will nest in the wall so there is a very uneasy relationship at the moment.
I made a short video of some of the action on the trail cameras. A lot is off camera and the views were a bit distant so the images are cropped with some loss of quality but you get the idea.
The stoat (I am assuming it is always the same one) shows up on the cameras regularly and I have had two very close sightings in the past week. The first was through the window for a few seconds from about a metre away when it climbed up through a hedge. The second about 10m from the front door was bit longer as it probably felt safer at that distance. It seems to cope with me being around but I just hope the conflict with the squirrels doesn't put it off. Here's brief video of the stoat with what looks like a field vole.
Weasels are still around in the garden but they are too small and too sensible to get involved with the squirrels. Most times I see them dashing through the camera box but this one came out to play on the wall while the stoat and the squirrels weren't looking.
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