Irish stoats on Bull Island. Picture: Mark Collins / Vincent Wildlife Trust What do they eat? Stoats are carnivorous and opportunistic hunters. They feed primarily on small mammals such as ...

"Stoats also tend to kill more than they need and hide – or 'cache' – the rest to eat later," said the Daily Record. "In Orkney, caches containing as many as 100 Orkney voles have been found." ...