Effects of feral mink removal on seabirds, waders and passerines on small islands in the Baltic Sea

Mink(Mustela vison)eradication to protect ground‐nesting birds in the Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

“…These include velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca), red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), and black guillemot (Andersson 1999). Recent mink control experiments in Baltic Finnish islands have shown how mink removal benefits a wide range of ground-nesting (mainly aquatic) birds, especially smaller species (Nordstrom et al 2002(Nordstrom et al , 2003.…”

Future of biodiversity in the Barents Region

“…Furthermore, the species depends on a specific biome (freshwater marshes) during the breeding season. This also does not increase its chances of persistence because of the threats these ecosystems face themselves due to likely increased shore erosion (Brown and McLachlan 2002), and because of the vulnerability of shorebirds to newly established predators like the American mink (Neovison vison) (Nordström et al 2003), especially in combination with ground nesting strategies. On top of the effects future climate change may have on species, traits like those mentioned above should be taken into account when designing conservation strategies.…”

Waterbird Populations and Pressures in the Baltic Sea

“…These colonies are usually easily accessible for predators (Kubetzki 2001). After the experimental removal of minks from islands in SW Finland the smaller waterfowl and seabirds returned to their former breeding sites whereas mink predation had no effect on larger species like Common Eiders (Nordström et al 2003). However, removal of native species is a much bigger issue at least for most of the southern Baltic Sea coast ).…”