Stoats poses PART 4 Suffolk (1)

Stoat Notes

 

My what a treat awaited us today when we set down to see what was about.

 

The results went to confirm the wisdom of our experience that if you root a wrinkly and wait you will get something turn up and turn up it eventually did.

 

Four and half hours waiting and then watching stoats one of the things on my lifetime wish list.

 

After about an hour during which my husband got bored and went for a walk I thought I saw the black tip of a stoats tail disappear among rocks.,

 

A long wait ensued during which my husband returned and knowing what I thought I had seen his interest grew.

 

We stood like statues not daring to move and thankfully the wind was into our faces so the animals could not get wind of us.

 

We waited and then as usual just out of range of the 300mm lens + 2x converter they appeared three kits playing.

 

I had a few clicks but the results were not what I had hoped for so we waited and waited and eventually were rewarded by a few shots of these delightful mammals at slightly closer range.

 

I hope you can sense my delight and our excitement as they played so energetically and with mercurial speed. They tumbled and jumped on each other but sadly I could not capture this as the shutter speed was far too low so settled for shots when for a nano second they were still!!!

 

At one stage the parents joined in and did not even engage or challenge a rabbit that ran right through their play area.

 

I can tell you that we will never ever forget this experience – truly amazing and captivating.

 

Here are a few of the hundreds of clicks I took.

 

Done