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17-07-2007, 06:31 PM
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| | | Stoats and weasels
does anyone know of any stoats or weasels in merseyside,id be intrested to know if there was any around here by me?
also can you attract them to your garden?
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17-07-2007, 07:26 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
If they are in your area + you have a good accessible wildlife garden there is everychance they may visit. They like lots of nooks + crannies to hide + seek prey. Obviously a source of food such as rodents or Rabbits in your garden may be an incentive to visit! |
17-07-2007, 09:51 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
I live in st.Helens and have seen both stoats and weasels around the sankey valley A good tip is to look for rabbits first and watch them for a while to see if anything happens.I was doing this the other day when about 6 rabbits skuttled into their burrows as a stoat appeared, sniffing the air and standing upright. |
18-07-2007, 05:47 PM
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oh right yes ive heard of that sankey valley.do you know if theres any good reptile sites around here? |
19-07-2007, 12:59 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
yesterday at 9.40 i walked out to the kitchen when in the garden i saw something move,something like a small rabbit size belted it into the back of the garden,hedgerows etc.it was so fast i couldnt keep up with it,it was grey and wasvery fast,i dont think it was a rabbit allthoughw e have them in the woods nearby ive never seen one hear,but it was out on the lawn next to the long grass in the border.
could it of been a stoat or weasel? |
19-07-2007, 02:11 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
They arnt grey more of an brown/orange colour. Although if it was moving quickly, you dont normally get them mixed up with a rabbit, they have a bouncing run, polecats are similar in shape but grey possibly one of these. |
19-07-2007, 05:02 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
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Originally Posted by phil2  could it of been a stoat or weasel? | Possibly, but it could also be a rat.
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20-07-2007, 05:46 PM
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i thought rat but out in the light,and i saw no tail. |
21-07-2007, 01:54 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
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Originally Posted by phil2 yesterday at 9.40 i walked out to the kitchen when in the garden i saw something move,something like a small rabbit size belted it into the back of the garden,hedgerows etc.it was so fast i couldnt keep up with it,it was grey and wasvery fast,i dont think it was a rabbit allthoughw e have them in the woods nearby ive never seen one hear,but it was out on the lawn next to the long grass in the border.
could it of been a stoat or weasel? | no they are nothing like the shape of a rabbit they are long and slim and completly differnt colours cant see one ever being mistaken for a rabbit. |
21-07-2007, 05:38 PM
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| | | Re: Stoats and weasels
well it was that fast,it wouldnt of been a rabbit here were i live. | | | |
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