A gentle winter spin up Little Glenshee today. A few lapwings are now up in the glen, amongst the usual suspects of Buzzard, Jay and Crow was a newcomer for me ... a stoat.
Up near the head of the glen I saw a rabbit lying in the road with a couple of crows in attendance. It didn't look good, but the crows were strangely reticent, and as I neared the prone rabbit I found out why, for out popped a stoat from the far side of the rabbit. Superb looking in ermine, with just the black tips of the ears breaking the snowy appearance.
Fortunately for the rabbit my arrival saved the day, but for the stoat it was a case of a meal disappearing in unusual circumstances.
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