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American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire. Mink are predators, killing a wide variety of principally water-side animals - anything from small frogs and fish to water voles and moorhens.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire. The mink was an accidental or deliberate addition to the British fauna in the 20th century, the result of animals escaping from or being released from fur farms, and is now regarded as an invasive species. Mink have a reputation for destroying more prey than they can possibly eat, including birds and their eggs and young.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire. The mink was an accidental or deliberate addition to the British fauna in the 20th century, the result of animals escaping from or being released from fur farms, and is now regarded as an invasive species. Mink have a reputation for destroying more prey than they can possibly eat, including birds and their eggs and young.
04 February 2018
American mink, Maidens, South Ayrshire
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South Ayrshire - Maidens
American mink (Neovison vison) hunting around an old breakwater at Maidens, South Ayrshire.
04 February 2018
American mink
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde birds and animals
American mink (Neovison vison), Falls of Clyde. This is an invasive non-native species (INNS), released from fur farms and causing widespread destruction of eggs and young birds. Control programs have had some success in limiting their numbers.
24 April 2016
Northern Minke whale
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Tiree
Northern Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) off Gunna Sound between Coll and Tiree, Argyllshire, looking towards Bac Mòr, or the Dutchman's Cap. The name Minke is thought to be a partial translation of Norwegian minkehval, possibly after a Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a Northern Minke Whale for a Blue Whale.
06 June 2016
American Skunk-cabbage, Garscube Estate
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
American Skunk-cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), an invasive non-native species (INNS) in Garscube Estate, taken by David Palmar
12 April 2021
American Skunk-cabbage, Logan Botanic Garden, Galloway
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Galloway - Logan Botanic Garden
American Skunk-cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) or 'swamp lantern', an invasive non-native species (INNS), Logan Botanic Garden, Galloway
13 April 2019
Northern Minke whale in the Minch, with Red Cuillin
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Northern Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Minch off Gairloch, with the Red Cuillin of Skye in the background. The Minke whale is distinguished from a dolphin by its long body emerging slowly from the water.
