Predator control past
May 12, 2021
4 minutes
We were having a vermin drive during the first week of April and a stoat ran across the ride. I shot it and it turned out to be cream coloured, not an albino, but one still in its winter ‘plumage’. While it is quite common to see an ermine in the northern parts of the country, it is something of a rarity here. In fact, any stoats are, for we only account for about 20 a year.
The same week, Michael Kemp mentioned the total head of vermin killed on a large estate in Hungary. He quoted a figure of 10,000, which seemed very large until you gave some
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