Thinking they were all alone, the team was overjoyed when a small furry face popped out from a pile of stones - a rust-coloured stoat they named Randall. The stoat - a member of the mustelid ...

Video: Just what would Mrs Tiggy-Winkle say? Furious fight between a stoat and a rat is filmed by gobsmacked walker Video shows a ferocious tiny stoat, a member of the weasel family that is known ...

Internal Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP) papers, released to The Orcadian, suggest that a plan to use “species control ...

Extinction-threatened wild birds and the native Orkney Vole are surging on Orkney after conservation efforts to eradicate ...

A trio of stoat-detection dogs have arrived in Orkney in the latest phase of an eradication project. Stoats are common in parts of mainland Scotland, but only started appearing in Orkney in 2010.

A coordinated stoat cull on the Scottish islands has proved successful – and conservationists aren't slowing down ...

Marty Hay says the geese can go through an acre of crops overnight, which can cost up to £700 to grow.

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native mammals have wreaked havoc on indigenous birds and voles since their arrival on the ...

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The countdown to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games is officially underway, with mascots Tina and Milo, the lively ...

Conservation scientists monitoring the wildlife on Orkney have reported increased evidence of Orkney Voles and increased ...

Orkney's wildlife, including several threatened bird species and the endemic Orkney Vole are showing signs of recovery with population numbers and nesting successes increasing since work began to ...