weasel pecker

Not since #dickpoop has a hashtag caused more than a few raised eyebrows and the odd snicker. After you get over the name that the Twitter-Verse used to describe this chance encounter you realize it’s one amazing picture. Martin Le-May is an amateur photographer from Essex, near London. He went out for walk near his him home with his wife Ann when they heard “a distressed squawking” noise and spotted the woodpecker. “Just after I switched from my binoculars to my camera the bird flew across us and slightly in our direction; suddenly it was obvious it had a small mammal on its back and this was a struggle for life,” Le-May said.

Wildlife experts say that this shot is one in a million and pretty remarkable. We couldn’t agree more. ~Forbes N Marshall