His Lordship

One might argue that the Swansea University campus is getting 'greener' as Dan Forman recorded a Mink (Neovison vison) dining on an eel in the water feature in front of the Vivian Tower. Of course, the Mink is a North American species and its presence is bad news for any nesting birds on the campus or in Singleton Park. The sighting does suggest that human disturbance is not much of an issue on parts of the site. This interesting carnivore's ancestors presumably escaped from or was 'liberated' from a mink farm (they are a source of regal ermine). The 'greener' epithet is, however, challenged somewhat by the cutting down of some of our more substantial trees.