Winter Garden Visitors

Yesterday a Stoat spent half an hour in the garden.  It seemed interested in a squirrel, but wasn't able to deal the death blow.  The rest of the time it ran around on the lawn.  It jumped down a hole and popped up another.  We've had a female Brambling for over a fortnight, and the flock of local Long-tailed Tits passes through the garden from time to time.  Meanwhile even the Blue Tit looks good among the reddening cotoneaster leaves.  Unfortunately, all these photos were taken through glass sometimes on very overcast days.
Up Pops the Stoat
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 Licking its lips

 Down it Goes
 Having a Good Look
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 Emerging
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 Climbing out the Largest Hole
 Forcing itself out the Smallest Hole
 More Lip-licking
 Female Brambling 
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 Goldcrest
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 Goldfinch
 Long-tailed Tit
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 Blue Tit
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