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Message: <blockquote data-quote="King Edward" data-source="post: 3182659" data-attributes="member: 80872">Assuming the heron's beak is 12 cm long (I found this figure in a Dutch paper on Heron diet), the weasel works out as about 21.5 cm head/body and 6 cm tail (measuring from Photo 1). That seems about right for a male weasel (H/B 21.6 cm, T 4.9 cm according to average figures in Mammals of the British Isles: Handbook 4th ed). For comparison, female stoat H/B 26.2 cm, T 8.7 cm and male stoat H/B 29.1 cm, T 10.2 cm.If there was a black tail tip, I think it would be obvious in Photo 1 (before it gets wet). The legs and tail look quite short as well, especially in Photo 2 where the tail looks very stumpy. All in all, looks perfectly good for a weasel to me.Very interesting photos all together, particularly the fact that the weasel kept its jaws clamped on to the heron in flight.</blockquote>