Red/Brown Rodent in Garden

lainiej | 15:31 Mon 31st Mar 2008 | Animals & Nature

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Hi I saw a red/brown rodent climbing out of our bird nesting box today and dont know what it is. It was about 4ins long and quite slender. Looked too small to be a rat and in any case was more red than usual. I also saw one running across a country road near us recently.
Any ideas please?

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LoftyLottie

It sounds as if it was a weasel.

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LoftyLottie

Rather a long link there!

lainiej

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I thought of a weasel but I didnt see any white under neath its body

radiogaga

ferret perhaps?

snow.maiden

Or even a young red squirrel. You don't see many of them about, but there ARE a few.

poopy

Its a stote (not sure how to spell it)!!! Stote's are small redish colour, long body. Like a ferret but a smaller version not much bigger than a mouse - i had 1 living in my stable last year, saw it hundreds of times. It kept feeding on my swallows eggs & chicks!

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