Explained: How Scotland is winning the battle against invasive species
So commonplace are the grey squirrels leaping around our parks or the giant hogweed growing on our greenbelts that many of us don’t notice or think about whether they should be there in the first place.
“There are lots of invasive plants and animals that arrive into Britain every year,” said Callum Sinclair, a SISI project manager. Mink also prey upon ground nesting birds and their eggs, causing problems for conservationists encouraging the recovery of fragile populations. “They’re fantastic animals,” said Sinclair.
Once mink footprints are detected, one of the 350 volunteers across Scotland lays a live-capture trap and proceeds to check it every day.Sinclair added: “The manpower required to run that network just wouldn’t be feasible without volunteers. “It does better in these areas because of the year-round mild temperatures and the high level of rainfall,” said Russell.
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