Stoats (amazeballs?)
Yes I know I'm too old to be using expressions like that but I do like playing with words. I took this photograph yesterday morning when I chanced upon two young Stoats playing together. I watched them for several minutes before they disappeared into the bracken and despite waiting half an hour I never saw them again. In Britain April is the peak month for Stoats giving birth and the young usually disperse in July. These two were the same size and were playing so I guessed they were female siblings. The black tail tip appears when they are 6 to 7 weeks old and these both had that. They are weaned from about 10 weeks and develop the ability to catch prey at about the same time. This was near Holmfirth in West Yorkshire.
Stoats (amazeballs?)
Yes I know I'm too old to be using expressions like that but I do like playing with words. I took this photograph yesterday morning when I chanced upon two young Stoats playing together. I watched them for several minutes before they disappeared into the bracken and despite waiting half an hour I never saw them again. In Britain April is the peak month for Stoats giving birth and the young usually disperse in July. These two were the same size and were playing so I guessed they were female siblings. The black tail tip appears when they are 6 to 7 weeks old and these both had that. They are weaned from about 10 weeks and develop the ability to catch prey at about the same time. This was near Holmfirth in West Yorkshire.