mink sightings
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Now if I'd have spotted that I'd have probably thought stoat, weasel, or ferret......
How do you tell a mink from the others?
Smoggy
How do you tell a mink from the others?
Smoggy
The environment is one clue, Mink are mainly found near lakes or rivers.
Mink are a lot larger than a weasel or stoat and slightly larger than a polecat (a ferret being the domestic form of a polecat).
Polecats have distinct markings - the mask around the eyes.
Stoats have a black tip on the tail.
Weasels - the smallest of all, have a brown bit of fur on the throat.
Mink are darker and more uniform in colour.
Mink are a lot larger than a weasel or stoat and slightly larger than a polecat (a ferret being the domestic form of a polecat).
Polecats have distinct markings - the mask around the eyes.
Stoats have a black tip on the tail.
Weasels - the smallest of all, have a brown bit of fur on the throat.
Mink are darker and more uniform in colour.
The one I saw as a kid gave the game away by being bigger than a stoat and swimming in the Caldew.
It was almost black with a small white bib.
Quite an appealing little chap actually, despite them kind of taking over
**Quite an appealing little chap actually, despite them kind of taking over**
Well done to the pachoulli smelling tree-huggers for that one. :twak:
Well done to the pachoulli smelling tree-huggers for that one. :twak:
Saw a mink nonchalantly walk up to the river bank then swim across the Wye in front of my canoe once - didn't pay me any notice. Lovely thing.
One of the few creatures you get paid to hunt these days - stupid that its necessary at all though
I can honestly say that its the first time I've ever been called a "pachoulli smelling tree-hugger" in my 37 years
What I was refering to was the fact that the only problem with mink is that they are in the wrong country, brought here by man as well.
In their natural country they are a well adapted species.
"Tree hugger", I'll have to tell the missus that one, she'll love that.
Should I engrave it into both of my chainsaws?
Regards Scott.
We had 43 in two days at some local lakes a couple of years ago, things are a a menace around lakes and rivers and can totally decimate fish stocks in small enclosed waters.
