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.

The advance of last year left many of us reeling in its excremental wake. Some of us faced tragedy, many of us real hardships and all of us, I would venture, some measures of stress and anxiety.…

As we finish off our selection box chocolates and the leftover cheese from Christmas, let’s delve into pine marten diet. Here, we look at martens' favourite foods throughout the year and how…

When I was a child, my parents made me go for walks with them in the countryside. It was not my favourite activity: for me, the best bit of the walk was the point when we turned back. Despite this…

Lots of people get in touch with the Wildlife Trust with concerns about wildlife or habitats near to them being disturbed, damaged or destroyed. Most assume that such acts must be prohibited by…

’tis the season to be jolly….but are the pine martens decking the halls or do they know its Christmas time at all?

My year is bracketed by beetles. Glow worms (see previous blog) mark the end of spring and the arrival of summer. But when the leaves turn and the tawny owls begin calling and the nights start to…

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s Head of Engagement and Learning, Lorna Fox, has been deeply involved in health and wellbeing in the natural environment work for the last 20 years. Here she…

In a different time, as a farm manger for a well-respected university farm, my work examined the small efficiencies we could make to produce more per cow per sheep or per hectare. We paved the way…

Josie, pine marten project officer, tells us about pine marten residential preferences and how we can make habitats more attractive for pine martens to den in…