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National Pine Marten Day

It’s true to say that every day is special, and nowadays it seems every date in the calendar is marked by some awareness day for one cause or another. Some are quite serious, others less so. But…

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Setting up a camera trap for 30 Days Wild

In Britain, many of us enjoy watching wildlife. Birds are a popular quarry, and you can easily get a good view with a pair of binoculars and a bit of patience, but many species are harder to spot…

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Pine marten breeding

Spring is often associated with new life; plants in flower, birds in full song, and adorable animal babies on adverts and Easter cards. Pine martens rarely seem to feature though, perhaps because…

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The search for scats

Keeping track of elusive mammals like pine martens can be tricky, but they do leave clues whenever they pause for a poo.

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Forest Holidays Ranger Blog

In this Marten March themed blog we're getting to know Gerry O'Brien from Forest Holidays, one of our Project Pine Marten partners, and his love for pine martens with his incredible…

Woorgreens - Nathan Millar

Forestry England Blog

For over 100 years, Forestry England have been growing, shaping, and caring for our nation’s forests.

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Marten March

Welcome to the month of martens. The month where you will discover how much there is to know about pine martens…and in fact…all of our native mustelids. These lengthy, fluffy critters have so much…

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Hindsight is 2020

As our translocated martens make there way through their second winter here in the Dean (and their third lockdown!) we thought we’d look back on the past 12 months of the project.

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