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What is this animal please

mudslingermudslinger Posts: 5
in Wildlife gardening
This appeared on my night vision camera anyone know what it is please
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  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    One of the weasel or stoat type beasties I think....
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Probably a ferret but it's hard to tell. Was this the only pic or did you get any shots of its tail?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Mink? Any animal rights activists letting things loose near you?
  • BrexiteerBrexiteer Posts: 955
    I'd say a ferret
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Polecat?   It’s a bit blurry (not your fault I know). 
    Whereabouts (roughly) are you?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Otter?
    Looks ferrety but it's a bit 'chunky', and as @wild edges  says, we'd need to see a tail.

    As @Dovefromabove says - your location will help with ideas - or perhaps you have more pix from last night?  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    it's a ferret or polecat/ferret cross by the looks of things
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The head is broader and blunter than a ferret ... to me that says polecat or, as @treehugger80 says, a polecat x ferret. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Cant see the ears clearly, but they look a bit too pronounced for an otter. 
    The wild mink I’ve seen are not as chunky and very dark in colour. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    mudslinger said:
    This appeared on my night vision camera anyone know what it is please
    Are you / is the creature in the UK ?
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