Possessives

• tail: The tip of the stoat's tail always stays black.

Converse of object

• include: Mice and voles also find cover here, attracting predators including stoats, foxes and birds of prey.

• kill: In upland areas up to 25 % of the stoats killed by gamekeepers are hunted with dogs.

• stuff: Expect wonderful inventions, an affection for the Victorians and a stuffed stoat called Malcolm.

• mob: Report by Peter Talbot-Elsden 15 May 2005 A Kestrel and Crow simultaneously mobbed a Stoat on the Horseshoe Vetch covered slopes of Mill Hill.

• spot: You may be lucky enough to spot a shy stoat, common here, but hard to find.

Adjective modifier

• small: Fishing for finnock on the Spey, I cast a small silver stoat through falling spate water.

Modifies a noun

• population: Weasels and stoat populations have probably also stabilized, after previous declines, while the pine marten may be staging a slow recovery.