When a stoat finds an egg

The uncontainable joy of him finding and trying to hunt the egg. Absolutely precious.

He's going to eat it at some point right?

Yes

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Wow! So many questions: What type of eggs are those? Do stoats often take eggs from ground nesting birds? And were these placed at this location to make this video?

These are old pheasant eggs. Yes, stoats will take eggs from ground nesting birds. Yes I put them here to test out the theory.

Lovely video. He’s so delighted with his prize!

Thanks for posting this… it reminds me of a stoat attacking one of our free range hens several years ago!

he LOVES egg

That's brilliant, thanks for sharing it.

Witnessed the second one I’ve ever seen yesterday, broad daylight, running through my courtyard. I take it they’re busy because the first clutches are laid.