Sunday, 27 March 2011
Polecats......
I don't know whether it's coincidence or whether there's a reason for it, but I have seen 2 fresh road kills of Polecat in 3 days, 1 at Berriew on Friday and the other in Tregynon today. 2 other road casualties of Polecat in the county have been mentioned to me this week as well. Coincidence, or can someone help?
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That's a shame, Paul.
ReplyDeleteIt is more typical to see this kind of road-based mortality in the autumn when young animals are dispersing. At this time of year, male Polecats will be ranging more widely to find mates, but adults tend to be a little more savy than youngsters, so I'm not sure that is any explanation.
There has been some research which found that the presence of rabbits close to roads increased the number of polecats killed on the roads, so that may have something to do with it.
The only other thing I can think of man-made 'disposal' of killed animals on the roads. This does unfortunately happen with Badgers, so...