Some people would say that living in the country has its drawbacks, but it also has its benefits. I have been privileged to have lived in the “sticks” for most of my adult life and have seen, up close most of our natural wildlife, including, deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits, hares, red and grey squirrels‘. Since moving to Lincolnshire we have had rabbits and grey squirrels in our garden. One animal that I hadn't seen in the wild was a stoat (Mustela erminea), that was until recently.

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