Irish stoat, and his lunch!

Wow, what a great capture!

Thank you Erhard!

Glad you like it!

Best Wishes
Peter

Well caught (The pair of you)

Thank you Nick,

I have no idea what the stoat caught, except it looks rather sad!

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Peter

As Nick Said both of you well caught, great read above as well . the things we dont know but learn here.

Thank you Steve,

Let me say that this photo probably would not have existed except for yours and Herbs advice over focus. I had the normal lens on the camera, and was some distance away making photos of the sea, when I saw this little animal running over the rocks. No time to do anything else, but keep the focus point on him, and keep clicking (I keep the camera on continuous by habit). Fortunately most of the shots were appropriately in focus, and heavily cropped from what the 7200 will produce.

Best Wishes
Peter

Se ganó la merienda !!!

Thank you Karp,

I guess we both got lucky that day!

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Peter

Lovely animal image Peter.

Thank you Jaap,

it was a complete surprise! I was photographing rocks and things....

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Peter

Oh my goodness! What Nick said ;-))

Thank you Rosa

Your visit is most welcome. I was photographing the sea, and I saw something running over the rocks... I didn't know what it was until I examined the pictures!

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Peter

SUPER ******************

Thank you Marie-claire!

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Peter

Excellent...good work :-)

Thank you June

Glad you have enjoyed it!

Best Wishes
Peter

Great capture Peter. I once saw a stoat in Malham cove round up a rabbit before carrying it off like this one with its prey. Well done, Herb

Hi Herb,

Thank you so much! This was pure chance, unexpected, and caught me totally unawares, as I said to Steve above. It was only later I found that it was a quite rare animal...
And only thanks to yours and Steve's advice that the shot even existed. Who knows what the multiple focus points might have done with the wide aperture which was set.....

Best wishes
Peter.

Hello Peter what a well spotted and taken shot here .. certainly interesting to know what it had caught / found ? ... almost looks like some kind of Fish full size ?

Best wishes ... Steve

Thank you Steve,

As I said above, it was a total surprise to see this small mammal running over the rocks. I didn't even notice the fish until I looked in detail.
It certainly looks a rather sad fish!

Best wishes
Peter

WOW! A stunning capture, Peter! Thanks for the link too. It certainly looks like a fish and it may have swum out to sea to catch it as the text says they are good swimmers.
Best wishes,
Andy