Brown Rat (Ratus norvegicus)

Not everyones favourite I know. This little monkey was stealing peanuts from the bird table, and seeing as I was feeding him I decided to try and get a few shots. As he modelled for me I could not bring myself to despatch him so managed to catch him in a humane trap and release him with their permission on a friends farm. Needless to say the bait used to catch him was peanuts!