The Mysterious MUSTELIDS of the UK!
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- When it comes to mammals in the UK, there is one family that has more species than any other. These are the Mustelids, and in this video you will discover every species of them that lives in Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Mink
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• VISON AMERICANO NA ILL...
• American Mink hunting ...
• American Minks at RSPB...
• Mink (Mustela vison; A...
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Polecat
• 2020-39 Bunzing in Nat...
• Bunzing blijft plezant
• Bunzing Nieuwkoop
• bunzing
• Mustela putorius; Euro...
• Tuhkur (Mustela putori...
• Tuhkur (Mustela putori...
• Tuhkur (Mustela putori...
• Tuhkur (Mustela putori...
Weasel
• Curious weasel visits ...
• Nirk (Mustela nivalis;...
• wezel Mustela nivalis
• Nirk (Mustela nivalis;...
• Comadreja común, least...
• Una mustela caça un ra...
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• Wezel aan de Leieboord...
• wezel (?)
Stoat
• Hermine d'Europe (Must...
• Stoat Attacks And Kill...
• WARNING - GORY NATURE!...
• Stoats at RSPB Minsmer...
• Stoat predates a rabbi...
• J'ai croisé une Hermine
• hermine blanche
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Otter
• Nutria europea/Lontra/...
• Saarmas (Lutra lutra; ...
• I did not expect to se...
• Otters in the wild - N...
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Badger
• 3 European Badgers
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• More badgers
• Meles meles. Mägramaja...
• Mägrad toimetamas (Mel...
Pine marten
• Metsnugis (Martes mart...
• Pine marten runs throu...
• Martes martes (Europea...
• Metsnugis (Martes mart...
• Martes martes; Europea...
• Pine marten eat blackb...
• Pine Marten Foraging -...
• Metsnugis (Martes mart...
• Martes martes (metsnug... - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
It’s really very simple: weasels are weasily distinguishable and stoats are stoatally different.
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I came here to see this comment 😂😂
I was really chuffed to have a stoat in the back garden. (N Wales border near Llangollen).
I dug out a little hollow under the fence to give access to the woodland behind. The hedgehogs use it as an underpass and keep the plants pretty slug free. They now have a nightly 'circuit' and I see them regularly.
Really enjoyed the video. Have a great weekend.
I just love your clear, fact packed videos ; so do feel free to introduce us to any area of wildlife which you would like us to focus on. Always fun to watch, and I am learning a lot along the way, so perfect !
^ agreed
So very much agree
I appreciate your love for otters, Liam. I went to Rutland earlier in the month to see the Ospreys and an otter swam right past us!
How lovely! The only time I have ever seen an osprey an otter swam past too. Must be a sign of lots of food :)
So many interesting and informative facts crammed into a bite-sized video snack! I so enjoy your videos Liam... your channel is my go-to for learning more about UK wildlife .😊
Me too
Absolutely brilliant Liam! Never too old to learn…. The difference between weasels and stoats has always confused me. Don’t think I ‘m ever going to forget wonky weasels 😂 Looking forward to your next video already 🥴
Good see you post another video. Vey well made, enjoyed it.
Great, really enjoyable and informative as ever. I do think you can safely generalise about mustelids in that they all seem to punch way above thier weight in terms of predation, I myself have seen rabbits being chased by stoats or weasels, when I was a kid in rural Yorkshire, and assumed they were playing. Then when I saw a big rabbit having its throat torn out by a tiny mustelid, I realised.. "Nature, red in tooth and claw"..
Nice one Liam! 🌟👍
Interesting tale
Mustelids are my favourite animals too. Very informative video. Although, I believe at 0.20 this clip is actually a female stoat indicated by colouration, ear size, shape and position - weasels ears sit tighter to the body, the lack of an isolated brown patch behind the lower jawline which all common weasels have and on this individual a straight fur line going down the neck.
Thanks Robert. I questioned that one myself but came to the conclusion it was a weasel. Here is the full video I got that clip from, the fur line isn't straight when it's at a different angle. Let me know what you think ua-cam.com/video/z-4zyBDXjRw/v-deo.htmlsi=UJCN3mQTTDsOOWkm
When you only see the head it can be tricky but it’s a stoat colouring is more red ginger and weasels sandy ginger
It’s the patch behind the jaw on the weasels is a give away and ears sick out more on a Stoat’s
@@RobertEFuller thank you.
Really pleased you did this video Liam. These species really are mysterious…. So difficult to find and see., I feel blessed at the moment as we have both stoats & weasels this year. I’ve seen both recently, as we have a lot of prey animals such as rats, rabbits, voles, small birds, and pheasants . Last year we saw a stoat family moving their babies presumably to a new home, and this year I saw a weasel hunting in a log pile. We are certainly seeing less rats and rabbits recently. Awesome video, for me one of the best yet 👌 thank you. 🙏
Another Mustelid but not from the UK is the Wolverine. Mustelids are a very interesting group of animals, quite shy and not the easiest to film
Never knew this group were called mustelids. Thanks for sharing this informative video. My favourite is the stoat and saw one a while back! Great to hear also just 5 weeks to go till the baby arrives. Best wishes. 😊 👍
one of my brothers used to live in a house which backed onto a country park in SW England....one of those places where you could put out food on the patio in the evening, turn the lights out and then sit and wait for the badgers to come by as it got dark, watching them through the glass patio doors....never got tired of seeing the badger family come by, magical!
I always forget about the Polecat when thinking about UK mustelids. Great video as always Liam. 👍👍👍
Wonderful! Thanks very much for this one. I love this family and used to keep polecat ferrets in Scotland in the 1980s. Otters have always been very common in Scotland as they were never hunted there and I used to see them often. I believe stoats have the largest, single, weight ratio of preditor/prey in the world. So pleased the pine martin is having a comeback. Now I live in SW France where the pine martin is common and also the beech martin and often have problems with the Badgers who eat our tomatoes
Thanks for sharing Liam! Interesting video. Greetings and have a great day! // Bertil.
A wonderful video again Liam. I just really enjoy learning about the animals and birds you feature. Badgers are another one of my favourite. I think I have a favourite from every video. Truth be known I really do love all animals and birds. Thank you ❤❤
Thank you for sharing,learning so much about uk wildlife.
I always love your videos Liam, thankyou so much, they are so informative .👍😊
Thanks a lot Liam for another fascinating fact filled video.Excellent filming and presentation. Always a Like
Your best video to date - although I say that about all of them, haha! Love this group of animals and really enjoyed all the footage. 👍
That was definitely a ' Must ( alid ) ' watching another of your videos ( Yh I know, that was bad ) lols. Well presented in your usual style. Looking forward to your next one. 👍
Another fascinating short video! Brilliant! Thank you
Wow, very well put together and explained, many thanks!
Where I live in Pennsylvania the main Mustelid is the Skunk. We do have weasels and wild mink. Otters are in the state ( I should say Commonwealth) But, we have a good population. In spite of the reputation, skunks are okay unless you surprise them. Often times a feral cat spooks them and when you go out in the morning the backyard or the area around the trash cans will reek of skunk! Thanks for the education on more of the UK natural world! Safe travels and cautious steps and God bless you on the travels!
Here in Britain we learned the US has skunks from the cartoons: Pepe la Pew who made plants wilt when he passed them. The native Americans gave the stinkers their name from 'the fox that urinates', although it's not a fox of course.
Only last week I handed a British animal which uses the same defence strategy - the Grass Snake which exudes a foul-smelling goo from anal glands like the skunk - though the latter's sprayed odour is much more potent and effective. It really honks, I've read! Glad we don't have them here.
@@Clive697 A few of our non venomous snakes do that. Water snakes and Garter and Dekays Snakes. There's others too. Foul smelling indeed!
Thanks for another lovely video 💜💜💜
Excellent video as always. Very informative. Keep up the great work.
Funny you should post this now. Saw a weasel for the first time over in Walthamstow marshes in London last week. Tiny little thing, like a sausage on legs. Must have only been about 20cm long, so assumed it was a weasel rather than a stoat.
Came out of the undergrowth onto the path for a few seconds, took a quick sniff and look around, then shot off back to where it emerged from. All over in about 5 seconds.
I had a camera with me but it all happened too fast to get any footage.
Great presentation thank you.
You're welcome, thank you for watching.
Some fantastic info there Liam
Top notch 👍🏼
Thankyou! really great video!
Thank you Liam very informative ❤
Thanks for the lovely video
Great video - very informative, thank you!
I love the mustelid family, very feisty interesting animals, I definitely have a soft spot for otters but I think the pine Martins are beautiful looking animals
Thank you Liam !!!
Another great video
Great video loving all...
They may not be cuddly, but we like them a lot.
Very interesting stuff. I was lucky to see a weasel in our wood recently. Good to know I was right about the identification
I almost forgot that we're introducing the Martin ( reintroducing) Martin's and Fisher's, sometimes called "" Fisher Cats"".
That was very intresting!
Fantastic video. I wonder how stoats/ermines relate to Ermine Street, a name for one of the UK's Roman roads
Fascinating 😃🙋
Thanks so much for another awesome video, loved the otter washing its face! I wonder if you’d put dimensions in feet and inches as well as centimetres cos I’m old😁
Perfect ❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank youuuuuu ❤❤❤❤❤
Could we have a series on UK Rodents and another on Bees please?
Great video very informative thank you 🦡
Weasels = wonky / Stoats = straight - GENIUS 👍🏽
Ta. Enjoyed this, as always. Mainly commenting just to boost the algorithm though😄 . If I had to choose something for future videos I guess I'd go with shrews. Sorry, not really making it easy for you !!
So interesting
Thank you
good video
"Wonky on the Weasel", that alliterates nicely.
Straight on stoats, wonky on weasels. I don't know why that isn't a common description of them.
I was all set to point out that we have a small feral skunk population, but it seems that they are no longer considered to be part of Mustelidae.
But that's very interesting! I would love to try to track them down!
@@AShotOfWildlife I think it was the Forest of Dean, but the occasional escaped pet also turns up in the news.
No, not weasels, that's the government!
Awesome! My favourite mammal family! I watched a weasel chase a rabbit on a couple of occasions 😊 oooh Badger that reminds me! lol 😂 I’ll send you a message bro 😎 x
The first time I saw weasels two were hunting together along a drystone wall. They sneaked from the wall through tall grass to attack rabbits grazing on a mound. Both raced to converge on the last rabbit to see them and bolt for their burrows. Within seconds they were both dragging the bigger rabbit toward the wall, having savaged its throat to subdue it. The pair had quite a job squeezing the prey item through a small hole in the wall where they were living.
@@Clive697fascinating tale
Why yes, i was wondering why a polecat looked so much like a ferret.
The mustelids in nz are rather big pests so definitely not favs of mine!
But still enjoyed the video 😊
I'm hoping to spot a polecat when I head up to Wester Ross in a few months. Great video.
Good luck! I went on a wildlife weekend near there looking for them and red squirrels. Although we saw squirrels eventually (and a distant Golden Eagle) there were no polecats in their usual haunts, though we reviewed camera film and found traces of them which showed they'd been there.
@@Clive697 That's a shame hope you catch them at some point.
Stoats and weasels, cute but deadly!
What's your opinion of the battle between otters and anglers. The otters are often accused of decimating fish stocks... All my local rovers have lots of otters and the fish stocks are declining but I feel pollution and habitat loss is more of a factor. Be interesting to hear the thoughts of someone as knowledgeable as yourself on the subject.
Hi Barry. I user to be an angler, it's actually one of the ways I got into wildlife (if you look back, I have several underwater fish videos on the channel). I can sympathise with anglers who report declining fish stocks, but the truth is, it simply cannot be because of otters. In the 1940s there were more otters than there are now and yet fish stocks were also much higher. I think polution and invasive species should be tackled before the blame goes to a native predator. I also think if a fishery is going to spend hundreds of thousands on large Carp, they should spend 20k on an otter fence.
When fishing the Trent in Newark, I see Otters, (they can be quite noisy!😂) white torchlight obviously makes them dive, if I turn my red light on they don't, can they not see red? I've also seen on 2 occasions either a Mink or Stoat, couldn't tell as it was dark. The second time, it saw me, dived in the water and swam 6 feet to my right, I could see the bubbles rise as it swam, same spot a grass snak e dropped down the bank and slithered under my chair!😂
Love otters and these others
Don’t want to badger you Liam but you “otter” do more videos like this, it “stoat”ally rocks.
Badger’s are awesome
Tragically, I see a dead badger occasionally on the roads near here but only once in a decade saw a live brock - running across the road where s/he was likely to be killed soon after.
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Thank you!
saw a stoat or weasel dash across the path in front of us on the I.O.W, it was so fast hardly saw it, hence dogie identification.
Never seen a weasel.
How is your wife.
Hope all is going well❤
They are really quick, so if you blink you'll miss them.
She is good, thanks. 5 weeks today until baby is due :)
@@AShotOfWildlife 👍
I've seen all the British mustelids but a stoat only once on Dartmoor. Walking beside a dry stream valley we heard the baying of hounds and a number of frightened animals ran along the stream bed - mostly deer but as the hounds neared a lone stoat raced by, hesitant at first as it looked up and saw us but then zooming up the bank in the distance into a wood.
The weasel family should be classed as a super predators there's nothing that can take them on really pound for pound they are relentless in the persute after there prey and they will also take orther predators out I currently have 2 European polecats they are crazy little buggers and they like to bite hard I have lots of fun with them ferrets never loose that playing time most animals are playfull wen little then when they grow up they are not as playfull but with these they always want to play no matter how old they are endless fun with them check out are channel the cat and ferret thanks for sharing brilliant video
Local farmer friend ,caught two individuals ,a man and woman ,london accents releasing a pair of otters into a local watercourse ,which is polluted
Very odd behaviour..😮
Have they stoped culling the badger yet?
Sorry sir, may I be allowed to react to your video?
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That was quick Ciara!