Stoat at Martin Mere

From my trip to Martin Mere on 3rd Feb. The weather was really poor with very high winds and dull flat light so I wasn't hopeful. However I had a great opportunity with this stoat. My first proper sighting of one and he passed right in front of the hide and stopped when I first fired the shutter, enabling me to grab a few frames. Made my day really.
Stoat: Canon 30D with Sigma 500, beanbag exp 1/500 @f5.6
Image is full frame.

Great day to have, well caught they don't hang around.



Tim

Hi Robert,

Very nice capture! As Tim said it's a nice day to have!

Wow, lucky you! Glad you were quick on the shutter.

Wel done, not fond of the piece of dead grass across the front but fully appreciate that there was nothing you could do about that, not an easy animal to photograph... I watched one for about 3 mins today but could not lock onto it...

Lovely image of a great animal

Hi Robert , thats a cracking Stoat shot , I've only ever managed a couple of bluurrss , if you know what I mean , very good work.


Regards

Andy...

As philh says, the piece of grass is a tad distracting, but I would much rather have this shot of a wild animal than a totally clean shot of a captive one.

Tony

the look on its face is brilliant, like "how dare you?"

Excellent capture, such a quick animal. I am sure that most wildlife carries a piece of dead grass around just to annoy wildlife photographers.
Eric