"The bird was about 50m away from us and took off just as I lifted the camera up. Originally, I thought I was just taking a picture of a green woodpecker flying. Then I realised it had something on its back."
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The image captured the bird's fight for life after the predatory weasel jumped onto its back and attacked it.
"Suddenly it was obvious it had a small mammal on its back and this was a struggle for life."
The bird was around two metres off the ground when Mr Le-May caught it on camera. Happily, it managed to shake off the weasel and fly up into the trees.
The picture became a sensation when it was circulated on social media, with some Twitter users suggesting it could not be real.
But Matt Binstead, head keeper at the British Wildlife Centre, said: "You can tell it's a real photograph.
"A female weasel is not much bigger than a packet of Polos but they are quite ferocious little predators and will prey on things much bigger than themselves - their normal diet is mice and small mammals but they can go for small rabbits.
"It's quite unusual for them to go for a bird but green woodpeckers forage on the ground. I imagine the weasel gave it a go, jumped on its back and then the woodpecker took off."
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