European Pine Marten - Martes martes

            The shy and elusive Pine Marten, a woodland creature almost hunted to extinction in the UK, has been reintroduced in Gloucestershire. Eighteen of the animals have been released at a secret and remote location in the Forest of Dean.

Conservationists hope the animals will breed, spread and eventually link up with a group of Pine Martens that was reintroduced across the border in Wales. It is possible the reintroduction will help manage the number of non-native Grey Squirrels in the forest and anywhere else the Pine Martens reach.

Pine Martens, which belong to the same family as otters and weasels, were once common in the UK. They are similar in size to a domestic cat with slim bodies, brown fur, a distinctive cream bib on their throats, long, bushy tails and prominent rounded ears.

I haven’t found one of the reintroduced Pine Martens in the Forest of Dean yet, so today I photographed this captive bred animal at the British Wildlife Centre.

Taken on: September 11, 2020

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