Magpie and Hare - Drieval Sieve Justin Mason

#WeaselPecker meme gets an Isle of Wight twist from Drivelsieve

It was hard to miss that phenomenal photo of a weasel taking a ride on the back of a Woodpecker yesterday (Tuesday).

The image, captured by Martin Le-May from Essex, spread like wildfire across social media, and it even made it onto the national news.

Keeping it local
Of course, the Internet wouldn’t be with it is without a sudden flurry of memes being shared when something as special as #WeaselPecker goes viral.

We’re not sure Justin Mason’s (aka @drivelsieve) meme of the Arreton Hare and Magpie will make it onto the national news, but it’ll certainly do well on the Isle of Wight social media network.

One of our other favourites was President Putin riding bare-back.

Even newspaper cartoonists got onto the act,

And Newsnight pulled some of the best together for this brilliant video