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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Elland Gravel Pits - yesterday 4:00pm
A quick visit whilst passing
1 chiffchaff 1 GS woodpecker 1 little grebe 1 moorhen 2 kingfisher in reedbed, 2 on canal (same birds?) 3 mallard 2 very bold mink on towpath (which could explain the general lack of birds!)
Hi Matt Up from Elland Gravel Pits I have cage trapped and shot 27 mink in the last 10 months or so. The angling club trap the fishing lake constantly and last year trapped and killed 91 mink. I volunteered to trap near Rawsons pool on the canal as I want the mink to get a quick clean death by shooting rather than the usual drowning most trappers use.
I think the mink at Cromwell Bottom have driven out the Stoats & Weasels I used to see in the area.
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Hi Matt
Up from Elland Gravel Pits I have cage trapped and shot 27 mink in the last 10 months or so. The angling club trap the fishing lake constantly and last year trapped and killed 91 mink. I volunteered to trap near Rawsons pool on the canal as I want the mink to get a quick clean death by shooting rather than the usual drowning most trappers use.
I think the mink at Cromwell Bottom have driven out the Stoats & Weasels I used to see in the area.
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