A pair of mink coats

Today I heard a commotion on the beck - lots of splashing and squeaking. It turned out to be 2 mink. I'm not sure whether they were fighting or playing but they chased each other up out of the water and along the bank. I just managed to get them in the corner of this hastily snapped photo.


They seem to be American mink - some of the very few Americans I have seen in the Lakes recently :-)

It's been a good day for visitors - we've had the red squirrel again and the woodpecker and the nuthatch. I've been sitting very still working on my computer so maybe that's why I've seen so much. The golden rule is always "let Nature come to you" isn't it?