For those of you who, like me, didn’t know what a mustelid is: a mustelid is a long, thin- bodied, carnivorous mammal.
We have now recorded 6 species on the reserve: badger, mink, weasel, stoat, polecat (ferret/polecat) and the elusive otter.
A week ago the trail camera caught this shot which is either a true polecat or a ferret/polecat cross.
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If you're wondering how we identified this as a polecat, when…