Mink?

[Fieldfare95]

My Granddad has a large pond on his allotment with lots of goldfish in it, and a couple of weeks ago he found a goldfish buried in the soil! It was dead but the body was unmarked, we think it was a mink, do you think we're right?

BTW the allotments are right next to a canal.

[ron1863]

I don't know if Mink catch and bury prey to eat later but Foxes do, so it could be the culprit

[Fieldfare95]

Thanks for the reply
The fox has taken a number of chickens from other plots so one does go on there. However our pond is raised with netting across the top and there was no sign of a forced entry under the netting
Mind you, they are crafty.