Mink in Britain: BRITISH ALIENS NATURE SERIES
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Mink can be found all over the UK and cause huge ecological damage.
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Mink are the only predator I tend to loath. As cute as they are, they are incredibly invasive and have decimated waterfowl populations and have wiped out much of our watervoles. Hopefully some action is taken to reduce their populations. I don’t particularly enjoy seeing animals shot, but in the case of mink, I think it might be necessary. EDIT: Or just try and increase otter populations as they prey on mink
What these videos don’t tell you is that they are only occupying the niche left empty by our declining populations of weasels stoats and pine martens
Well said Matthew!
Otters are by FAR more destructive than ANY Mink.
@@anythingoldmechanical would you mind explaining how a mammal that has completely eradicated water vole populations, multiple species of ground nesting and wading birds, fish and frogs is not worse than a native predator, which feeds almost exclusively on fish?
@@matthewhale2464 weasels, stoats and pine martens don’t have niches similar to mink. Mink are semi-aquatic predators which will eat anything. And I mean anything. Frogs, newts, waterbirds, kingfishers, seabirds, fish even swans and watervoles. Pine martens almost exclusively live in trees in wooded areas. And stoats and weasels are almost entirely land based. So no, mink are not filling in lost niches, they are just a ecological disaster for our wildlife. And like I said, I’m not a fan of animals being culled, wether they are native or non-native but in the case of mink action needs to be taken
Interesting Video. Otters also kill and eat water voles. Trust me Otters are better at hunting water voles then Mink! Of course we are not allowed to say this lol Otters are so called native sweet and inocent haha Mink and Otters both control brown rats too! So they do have their good points. Nature is a cruel and brutal place. Its not all sunshine and butterflies! Oh wait Humans that eat meat please note Otters and Mink cannot go and buy meat they have to hunt or they starve!
Well said.
Mink are only doing what they have to do to survive.
They didn't ask to live in the UK or share this planet with us!
Man happens to be the world's greatest polluter and environmental threat to our planet..
Not a small Mink.
Check out Joseph Carter the Mink Man on youtube!
It is true that otters also predate mink. The difference is a female or juvenile mink is small enough to fit into water vole burrows, where an otter is not. That is the reason american mink are able to wipe out entire colonies of water voles. The voles simply do not have an effective defense against this invasive non native. The presence of american mink, combined with habitat loss and fragmentation, is the reason water voles are Britain's most threatened mammal.
Absolutely well said.
I love Mink!
There is a group on Facebook called Mink Trappers UK, & these uneducated idiots take a personal vendetta against Mink in the UK, and use absolutely any excuse for a reason to hunt and kill them.
I have tried to explain that they only do what they have to do to survive, and they didn't ask to live in the UK, or share this planet with humans, but they see me as some kind of a nut case.
@@anythingoldmechanical I think mink are incredible creatures and in the right environment I love to see them. I do however hate the fact they are here in the UK causing so much damage to our native wildlife.
It is not their fault but I do believe we have a responsibility to rectify our mistakes. In the case of mink that means systematic control.
@@anythingoldmechanical Nature is about balance and an invasive species knocks that balance out of kilter. Yes mink might just be doing what nature intended but in the wrong place that has a devastating effect on the wildlife. Perhaps the uneducated are in fact educated and right in their actions regarding mink.
Seen one yesterday on Chesterfield Canal at Misterton that means no Ducklings or Moor Hen young this Spring time.
My beck, where I live. Voles gone, moorhens gone, rats gone, kingfisher very rare, ducks reduced massively. Mink seen over last 5 years. I have lived , hunted, fished the beck 50 years. Sad.
Yes very unfortunate. As fascinating as they are, they are causing so many problems for our wildlife. Fortunately there doesn’t seem to be any near my local canal. And I still get moorhens, ducks, Canada geese, kingfishers and so on. Then go to an area with a high mink population and most of the wildlife is dead. Ironically if you go to an area with large otter populations (their main predator) they are very rare. It’s only in areas with no otters they really start to become a problem
@@theotheseaeagle Very true Theo ! Otters will not tolerate mink. I fish rutland water alot and never seen a mink there. But otters have a firm presence. All the best d.
Seen 1 today while fishing the river ise in Kettering next to wicksteed park, gave me a bit of jump as it swam right next my float and looked me straight in the eyes as if to say what you doing here
If you had made a noise like a startled rabbit in distress, it would of swam right up to you!
Had a juvenile Mink venture into my living room a few years back, caught it in a pillow case!
@@CarpMan34 wtf
I would of loved to have been your neighbour.
I would of of kept it in a massive escape proof steel cage, and kept it for life.
@@anythingoldmechanical So you’d deny it of any freedom? That’s cruel.
The sad truth is they should Never have been allowed in for a horrendously cruel trade in the first place. Idiots running the government then, idiots running it now.
you look 30, with a 50 year old mans beard, shave it offffffff
Vicious, murdering things. I’m from the highlands and there’s tons of them here, pine martens too. I really dislike these things given that they’ll decimate local wildlife and pets. The worst thing is, tourists and some not-so-bright locals will actually feed them. They’ve killed so many cats, chickens, rabbits and birds here and they kill for fun rather than to survive.
👍 #46 Good morning friend, this was an interesting video to listen to and watch. As destructive and fierce a predator as they are, they are coll to see when out and about. My best sighting was of a Mink running along a frozen river with steep bankings where he could not easily escape. He ran like this ahead of me for some time. 👍◕‿◕
I love Mink, and would give almost anything for a captive bred one in a huge aviary like yours!
They are nice when they are in captivity. But they don’t belong in the wild here. They are decimate our native wildlife and compete with native predators too. I don’t hate mink as an animal. I think they are fascinating creatures in their own right, it’s just they become a nuisance when they are killing wildlife on such a huge scale as they are in our waterways. I mean go look at any waterway with a high mink population and literally 90% of the wildlife around it is dead
@@theotheseaeagle there are loads of places you would think they would habitat in North Wales, but NONE where I live.
I see mink regularly here where I live.seen a few up close in traps too and one thing that they all had in common was that they stank lol
That noise they make aswell is haunting lol
Where did you live ?
@@rodrigoteixeira9714 northern ireland
you forgot to say why they are here, do gooders.
I have recently read a paper that claims that these animals are only filling the niche left open from the declining numbers of weasels stoats and pine martens that have been lost due to human activities
Unlike most predators, they kill for fun and don't just take what they need. Can wipe out whole colonies of ground nesting birds (many vulnerable) in a single day. And have no natural predators. As a vegan (also a bird-watcher) I don't like killing animals, but mink I have no problem with. They are truly destructive.
I'm no conservation biologist, but I suspect the ecosystem would be better served by trying to reintroduce the native mustelids. Apparently water voles are keystone species that keep water plants in check, and mink have wiped them out from much of the UK
I’ve seen a mink down the side of beck with a sea trout in it’s mouth then it was seen again eating a rabbit
Also my mates have seen it a few times to
i have seen photos of minks trying to eat seagulls.
They will eat almost anything.
I saw one a couple of weeks ago at The Carrs in wilmslow in Cheshire running along the river bank of the Bollin I couldn’t believe my eyes.
They are a pest, albeit a fascinating pest. Man's greed again! And the Sabs have the gall to say mink hounds.
I had two ferrets n I loved them one was actually more polecat but I want more 😢 I'm in the UK and I really want it to be re wilding
I was walking down the canal in Ashton-under-lyne Lancashire and just seen a mink on the far bank , fist time i ever saw one in real life .
100% just seen an American Mink in Deganwy, North Wales, up-close. Our terrier was kept in for HIS safety.
Let the dog kill it
The mink might as well be embraced.
have you done coypu in Norfolk?
A Patterdale terrier's the bhoy for them .
Just seen one this evening out fishing in Ireland
perfectly evolved to kill water voles
Would an otter kill in a Swan in a nests or a mink kill swan in a nest
I have seen 2 minks in north wales this week
Sea gulls, They are awful.
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We used to hunt mink on the rivers with hounds. After the Hunting Act we had to just shoot them, which is not so effective. It’s the only thing mink are any good for on British rivers.
Pre the ban what sort of numbers did you bag in a season?
I know there's some but I wouldn't tell you
Traitor to your nation.
good on you Lee Jones , the minks never wanted to be here ! i say good luck to them
@@eamonnhood8613 thanks. ...
You’re clearly no ecologist.
@@user-bh4rx8mf8g prefer mink to some stupid rodent and bird