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Invaders are seldom welcome and where wildlife is concerned it is often a case of life or death. So the discovery of two stoats on the island of Rousay which is a bit north of the confusingly named Mainland , the largest of the Orkneys rather than the main land. But there’s no confusion about the undesirability of the non native stoat which is a member of the weasel family, well known for its blood lust and indiscriminate predatory nature on an island which hosts a heap of ground nesting seabirds. The stoats are excellent swimmers and may have come across from Mainland Orkney where they are a well known pest.
Keeping the smaller off islands stoat free is a high priority for local nature conservancy and the hunt for the furry scallywags also acts as a handy employer for the inhabitantsand there is a £16 million eradication scheme under way which employs some 40 people. Both the stoats were captured after an island wide search. Which is just as well as the absence of non native predators has seen a huge upsurge in the island of many species from voles to seabirds and land birds like the hen harrier, the curlews, short eared owls and red-throated divers. Two of which are predators, but native to the island where the local bird and animal populations have developed in balance with them.
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