we are plagued with them here in mid wales!! infact just last night me and joe off here were doing some ratting on a carp lake for a fella and one broke cover and made for the island. great fun we used to have hunting the mink with the terriers, was a great way of socialising youngsters.
most the time i found they were not in earths as such but in "root tangles" as we called them. Big balls of roots that erode back into the bank. I preferred a small yappy type, and i know it should go without saying but the dogs used should be well schooled around water, as very often the best way in was f