Scilly beasties!

While I was on the Scillies, I managed to photograph some beasties, both wild and not so wild. I also managed quite inadvertently, to get some good mooning shots of which the photo below is a particularly good example! These contented pigs were somewhere on St Mary's, I can't recall where exactly.This is my new desktop background photo (for a little while anyway). I've named this pig, Portia the porker! Here's a close up of her. I think she's adorable , if in slight need of a bath! (-:Another wonderful backside! These two seemed happy together at the farm on Peninnis just up the road from our house.This handsome chappy was on the island of Bryher. Well, I think he thinks he is handsome! That's a proper goatee.This was quite sweet (I think). I was in Lower Moors looking for a reported Firecrest (similar to Golden crowned Kinglet) when I noticed a very shy Rat in the tree above me. He knew I was there and just wouldn't show his face. Eventually I moved back a few paces and he raced along the branches and was away into the undergrowth. By the way, I never did get to see the Firecrest. This tiny bundle of fur was scampering across the golf course on my second day on the Islands when I was trying to see my second ever Dotterel (to appear in a later post). I'm not sure what type of mouse it was, does anyone out there know?On the steps just outside our house one morning, we found this prickly ball of spines trying to get away from the road by climbing our steps.It was a bit of a struggle...............but eventually he made it up one step. After taking a couple of photos, Dave wrapped him in his jacket and gave him a helping hand into the garden. Finally, there was one wee beastie that was discovered wandering the woods and footpaths on St Mary's. Slightly wild with strange plumage and bizarre accoutrements hanging from its neck! Obviously a new species to science. We'll call it Troglodytes minimus. Just one or two, or maybe three more posts from Scilly before normal blogging resumes! (-: