Ever seen a Pine Marten in the wild?
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Absolutely love these animals, but so rare to see one, the only one I ever saw was early one sunny summer morning, driving along the road beside Loch Maree in Wester Ross, came round a slight bend and there it was coming from the loch and crossed the road in front of me, heading into some big Scots pine's, what a wonderful sight. Anyone here ever had the good fortune to see one?.
Yup,
Used to live up in the Highlands and on day was out for a run up in the hills on a rarely used road. Came up a hill round a corner and there he was just sitting on a dry stone wall.
I stopped and we just stood there looking at each other for about 3 mins. I guess I was about 15 feet away. He then slowly climbed down the wall and trotted off and carried on with my run.
Seemed like a nice chap.
Used to live up in the Highlands and on day was out for a run up in the hills on a rarely used road. Came up a hill round a corner and there he was just sitting on a dry stone wall.
I stopped and we just stood there looking at each other for about 3 mins. I guess I was about 15 feet away. He then slowly climbed down the wall and trotted off and carried on with my run.
Seemed like a nice chap.
They're known to be very shy creatures, but when we rented a cottage on Eilean Shona (a small island on Loch Moidart) a few years ago they used to come on to the window sill every evening when we left out oatcakes with jam on them. We could go right up to the glass and they weren't fazed. Lovely creatures.
I've only seen them at the Rothiemurchus hide in the Cairngorms on an organised trip.
Very much worth it though. The hide is really nicely set up and in a lovely area and very close views of various things (martens, badgers, deer) are pretty much guaranteed.
Would love to see one actually in the wilds and unplanned.
Very much worth it though. The hide is really nicely set up and in a lovely area and very close views of various things (martens, badgers, deer) are pretty much guaranteed.
Would love to see one actually in the wilds and unplanned.
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