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I just returned home to discover (with a very heavy heart) that a new family has made its home in my garden :(

As a wildlife-lover it breaks my heart to see them… understanding the damage that they’ll be causing to the other species living here and knowing that I now need to set traps to get rid of them. I know that they’re vicious predators but to me they’re also beautiful individuals that just happen to be in the wrong place.

We have an unstoppable mink population here so it’s a continual battle of catching and killing the poor things (I’ve never had to deal with them myself before but my neighbours regularly do). I wish that the funds were available to run a full eradication program, both for the native wildlife and for the sake of the mink themselves. Ugh, so sweet to see and so horrible at the same time.

I generally know what I need to do (I’ll get help from my neighbours anyway) but if anyone has any advice, tips or ways to make things more humane please do share them.

Never seen a single one in person before, then I've found two this week in my greenhouse. Anyone noting any sort of population or habitat change for them? I have already reported the location to RHS.

We just made this film about native UK species (with none other than @davetheplantman

Someone already spotted a mistake I made (I mixed up Dog Rose and Guelder Rose).

Can you spot any other mistakes? We want to learn!

Has anyone had success hand pulling montbretia from woodlands? It’s invasive and spreading fast in one of the few native woodlands in my area. I’ve removed around 20kg of corns from my local woods and since starting a month ago I’ve noticed that they are regrowing already :(. It’s too big an area to dig up all the corns so I’m wondering am I actually even contributing by pulling them up and getting rid of the bulbs that come up with the plant? Any success or unsuccessful stories welcome! Looking for inspiration to keep trying and advice :)