I've been ruminating on stoats since @GeorgeMonbiot gave his rallying cry in support of the "spear like mouse" & having tiptoed in their wake for nearly 30 years I have a couple of observations to share. The first being their predation methods. Female stoats spend late winter & early spring marking out their territory prior to giving birth. An interesting behavior I've spotted quite a few times is a "stock check" whereby the female investigates every warren, birds nest, vole run in her patch. She doesn't predate..