Mink
Mink is an introduced species. The initial stock were escapees from fur farms. Since then their numbers have increased until most lowland parts of the UK have a Mink population.
They are usually a shiny dark brown colour although there are colour variations around.
They are about 15" to 18" long with a tail about half the body length.
They produce one litter, usually about 5 young, in late Spring.
Mink are indiscriminate predators on nesting birds, fish, water voles and waterfowl such as Moorhens.
They can totally destroy a trout fishery.
Controlled using traps or shooting.
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