I HAVE just read an article on the pine martens (A&T 19th Jan) in the New Forest and believe me if ever the saying “all the gear and no idea” was ever appropriate, it is now! I got the impression none of the “team” had ever seen a wild pine marten in the hours of darkness – they are half asleep! Pine martens have "settled well" across the Forest (picture: Joshua Copping)I feel once again we have made the same mistake as we did with the goshawk: there are now too many. A pine marten will kill just for the hell of it. If the goshawk is the phantom of the Forest the pine marten is the XL bully.

Source: The Times February 03, 2024 09:03 UTC