Outstanding Photograph Captures weasel hitching a ride on the Back of a Woodpecker
This is the amazing moment a woodpecker was captured on camera giving a little weasel a lift on it's back.The stunning picture shows the small brown animal hugging to the back of the green woodpecker as it takes flight throughout Hornchurch Country natural Park in east London.
Although all looks rather amicable in the amazing image,novice photographer Martin Le-May mentioned the little mammal had actually pounced on the bird as it's next target.
Mr Le-May,a project manager from Essex,were able to capture the action picture during a wander with his beautiful wife Ann yesterday.
He later published the picture on Twitter with the caption:'Took this photo previously today. Heard woodpecker in stress,then flew up with weasel on back.'
The photos has now gone virus-like online after thousands of people shared the 'one-in-a-million'snap on social media.
The 52-year-old,who enjoys taking pictures as a interest,informed Mail Online:'We decided we fancied popping out yesterday afternoon and my wife has never seen a green woodpecker in the wild before and I knew of this place so we just went there for a walk.
'We had been there for about 20 minutes, and had seen some other birds, when we heard this sort of distressed squawking.
'Out of the bushes flew a woodpecker so I said to my wife: "There's a green woodpecker".
'It flew in front of us and we could see it through the trees. It was hopping around on the ground acting very, very strangely and still making this squawking noise.
'I decided to pick my camera up to have a appear and just as I acquired the camera it flew off so I just began nipping at it as it came throughout in front of us.'
It was at that point Mr Le-May stated he Observed the little animal on the back of the bird and realized it was either a stoat or a weasel.
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