Britains apex predator?

[RKB]

[quote=STYRBJORN;784455> Woodman - a lot of professional fishermen would say so. In fact, trawlermen are allowed to shoot seals that are taking stocks of fish.[/QUOTE]

Not trawlermen, gill-net fishermen whe the seals are at the nets. Not many seals can keep up with a trawler

[tom00_uk]

Britons apex predator is Homo sapiens

Hunts- aquatic life, birds and terrestrial life

[RKB]

Originally Posted by tom00_uk

Britons apex predator is Homo sapiens

Hunts- aquatic life, birds and terrestrial life

But viruses hunt him

[STYRBJORN]

Define your terms. In its own niche the top predator is the ladybird.

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

> Burko - I wondered about them as well, but are there any that could be said to live in British waters? I realise they can be seen in the Isles and Shetland.

Yes, definitely! Big article about them in the current edition of BBC Wildlife magazine. The west coasts of Scotland and Ireland are the best places to see them but they are occasionally seen all around the British Isles, including the south coast and the English Channel. Some of them move around a lot but there are several pods that stick exclusively to British waters.

Dave P.

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by pressld2

yes, definitely! Big article about them in the current edition of bbc wildlife magazine. The west coasts of scotland and ireland are the best places to see them but they are occasionally seen all around the british isles, including the south coast and the english channel. Some of them move around a lot but there are several pods that stick exclusively to british waters.

Dave p.

like wow!

[RKB]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Some of them move around a lot but there are several pods that stick exclusively to British waters.

Dave P.

Some interesting reports of them hoovering up flocks of moulting Eiders!

[tom00_uk]

plenty of WISE operators around the country to take you to see Orca and other marine mammals
WiSescheme | WISEoperators

they featured on springwatch the other year

[Brocakat]

Due to the absence of wolves, I 'd believe a large, 'proper' Hill-Country fox ( as opposed to its runty suburban/urban cousins ) to be the 'Top Dog' predator......sure, Badgers are bigger/stronger - but aren't they more of an omnivorous nature,[even though they certainly take eggs]?

Wheras foxes actually Go After/Predate hens & pheasants etc. in a way that a Badger certainly doesn't do. Sure, maybe if one stumbled across a sitting Hen Pheasant it wouldn't think twice about despatching it & then gobbling down the eggs too.
I'm thinking in actual predator terms-----otherwise the largest mammal is the Red Deer !