The Pine Marten makes a comeback to England and Wales

great news for pine martens!

I am glad to read that some species manage to make a come back after having been completely wiped out in some areas. I wish the same could be said for the many more species that are about to disappear for good from this our Earth.

I was so happy to see and capture those photos-I'm glad they are making a comeback

Yay Pine Martens!

Mother Nature is pretty resilient.  It gives us hope that some things can be fixed.

I took this picture of the pine martin Jay Cook State park last year.  It is a park about twenty miles south of Duluth Minnesota.  We were fortunate that a couple of animal experts saw it at the same time and were able to identify it for my wife and I.  We had no idea what it was. I thought it might be a ferret.  I use a Panasonic FZ18 Camera with an 18x zoom or I wouldn't have this picture.

Ron

This was taken at a photographic day at the British Wildlife Centre In Surrey. They were being very elusive that day but did manage to grab this shot.

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I'd like to be able to say that I'd taken these in the UK, but unfortunately, they were shot in Montana, USA ! Regardless, I hope that the species makes a successful comeback in England & Wales, and that these shots in some way make more people aware of their plight.

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This picture was taken 5 Feb 2007 at the Benedict Huts (part of the 10th Mtn Hut system) north of Aspen Colorado. The hut is located at 10,970 feet (3343 meters). This and at least one other Pine Marten managed to steal some of our food during the night despite what we thought were adequate precautions.

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I was amazed, and thrilled, to see a pine marten at such close quarters on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in September this year.  I had been told they were extremely elusive and that even local residents rarely saw them, so I was completely taken by surprise to find myself staring into the eyes of a beautiful pine marten just outside the window.  It visited every single evening for the whole week we were there and was a huge highlight of my holiday.

Taken at Speyside Wildlife's hide near Aviemore, Scotland.

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Hi , this photograph was taken in Scotland, near the Gairloch.

There was a family of pinemartens who visited where I was staying on holiday every day to feed on a mixture of bread soaked in strawberry jam, with some raisins mixed in for good measure. Although used to humans and unconcerned about being photographed, they did not allow you to approach too near and retained their wariness and wildness.

i took this picture out the window of my hunting camp he was takeing chunks of chicken we thou away in the fire pit. he was really cool to see and get pic of him. CHRIS TOUTANT wildlife photographer

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The picture of the Pine Marten was photographed in Algonquin Provincial Park in December 2008. We have captured since spring a family of Martens believing this one captured is an offspring of one we photographed in early spring 2008 in the same area. We are spending 2009 winter in Algonquin Park photographing the Marten family along with the other wildlife in the park.

These Pine Martens are very playful with us but keep a distance of approximately 30 feet as we photograph.

This photo was taken on the isolated Scottish island of Eilean Shona, where Pine Martens are frequent visitors.

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I was on the Black Isle parked up in my campervan when I heard a bird-like noise and then saw a pine marten only a few metres from me. amazing!
I provided her, as I found out later, with quite a selection of delicacies ranging from chicken to strawberries, all of which were eaten in situ or taken away.
a few days later she bought a young one with her. now that was a magical moment and turned out to be quite entertaining as the youngster, which looked about the same size as her, was definitely demanding to be fed but would not approach the van. Mum put up with it for a while then instead of taking all the food back to it she stayed and ate some herself. the youngster decided that was not on and did come a little closer but was very skittish.

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I snapped this photo of a shy pine-marten in the Fryatt Valley, near Jasper, Alberta, Canada. He was a bit freaked at first, but was happy to stare us down.

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