On Monday, when I still had the rental car, so I took the opportunity to visit two different reservoirs across Sheffield. The two reservoirs are known by bird watchers, and as I had read on a bird-watching site that they had seen the pallid harrier in a week's time. It is a rare bird here in england.So I was hoping that it would be there, but of course it was not there. It was me and 5 other bird watchers who were hoping to see it, we were there from 7-10 then we gave up ;)But after that, I went to Redmires reservoars to check out what's up there, it was empty of birds here too.But on the way home I saw a dead rabbit on the road, and I saw that something jumped off from there. I stayed a distance away and waited to see if it would come back. It came back and it was a weasel, so I picked up the camera and I lay down on the roadside about 3-4m away from it and photographed and followed it with the camera when it ate, and tore away pieces of rabbit. It really made my day and week. I finally got it in the picture, but now I just hope to see it in the forest as well.
FACTS:Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs.
Weasels vary in length from 173 to 217 mm (6.8 to 8.5 in), females being smaller than the males, and USUALLY have red or brown upper coat and white bellies, some populations of some species moult to a Wholly white coat in winter. They have long, slender bodies, Which enable Them to follow Their prey into burrows. Their tails may be from 34 to 52 mm (1.3 to 2.0 in) long. Weasels have a reputation for cleverness, quickness and guile.
Weasels feed on small mammals, and have from time to time been Considered vermin, since some species took poultry from farms, or rabbits from commercial warrens. They occur all across the world except for Antarctica, Australia, and neighboring islands.
Camera i used: nikon 3Ds and nikon 200-400mm lens F4 vr2
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