Pine martens: good or bad for the countryside?

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3 жыл бұрын

What are the politics of the pine marten? This tough little omnivore was once the terror of chicken houses. Now it is the subject of reintroduction programmes across the UK, will those days come back? And what's its effect on pheasants. News editor Ben O'Rourke talks to pine marten enthusiasts and gamekeepers to gauge reaction.
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@lasigna0212 3 жыл бұрын

A native animal is ALWAYS good for the countryside.

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Plus pheasants aren’t native anyway. In fact they’ve outcompeted many of the native grey partridge in my area and I’ve seen them harassing lapwing in the past too

@TheDizastarmaster 23 күн бұрын

They are reasonably common in Scotland where I work. Terrible for free range chicken but great to have around in the wild

@eharv3y 3 жыл бұрын

loved all the information Connor bought to the video

@travisbickle5584 2 жыл бұрын

If Pine Martens are so well hidden and evasive how were they hunted to near extinction? I cant see bringing back a native animal as a bad thing.

@colincampbell4261 Жыл бұрын

Poisen bait

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

I say bring them back. Who cares about a few pheasants, it’s not like they are a native bird anyway. In fact pheasants do more damage to the countryside than good and can even pass on bird flu to both wild birds and to domestic ones when they enter poultry farms

@jerrychicken967 Жыл бұрын

I think over population might not be an issue as they're very territorial. They usually live on their own and are very protective about their patch. Think Wildcats are being hit by Cat Flu so it's impossible to suggest anything there. The same with Rabbits, coping with rhd. Diseases seem to be a factor now 😬

@mrpickles3479 3 жыл бұрын

Let them loose

@garybillington2239 3 жыл бұрын

Apex predator, ferret on steroids, stunning little animal.

@paulreynolds9003 3 жыл бұрын

If there under ground you will never get a signal and could only be a hundred feet away.

@kooga5538 3 жыл бұрын

Bad, no more ground breeders, rabbits. Yes hares will still be about at the cost of what?

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

Rabbits and hares aren’t even native to the UK. They were introduced by the Romans from mainland Europe and Asia. Pine martens on the other hand *are* native

@gilbert7794 Жыл бұрын

@@theotheseaeagle hares are native to the UK

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

@@gilbert7794 *mountain* hares are native to the UK, the most common species the brown hare comes from Asia and was brought here by the Romans

@robinhazell6019 Жыл бұрын

I HATE so called FIEDSPORTS. It is only a sport when both sides know they're in the game.

@gazwit1603 5 ай бұрын

No pinemartins were i live 177 work's for grey illegal immigration

@forestdweller5581 2 жыл бұрын

How can you even ask if pine martens are "good for the countryside"....showing a barren landscape. It was not or never a terror for chickens.

@gilbert7794 Жыл бұрын

Yes they are once in a chicken coop they will kill every chicken.

@jerrychicken967 8 ай бұрын

You can't make something extinct because you can't look after your chickens. Get chicken from your local shop instead. England is the only country in Europe without Pine Martens so it shows what we're like as animal lovers. They will eat rats, mice grey squirrels so they have benefits. Like any native animal, they have plus and minus. If a Pine Marten can get to your chickens then an escaped Ferret or a Fox will do the same. Buy your chickens from a shop if you can't look after them properly.

@johnballantyne6853 3 жыл бұрын

They just ‘turned up’ in my woodland, no one asked me about them, but they destroyed dozens of Pheasant poults in my pens before i could secure them against them. As if the local Foxes and Badgers weren’t enough for me to worry about, but at least they don’t climb in in the dark like the Pinemartins do. Thanks for nothing.

@awilderireland 2 жыл бұрын

Secure your enclosures. Poor husbandry on your part. Wildlife has more of a right to exist than your Pheasants! You are most likely only breeding them to have then shot.

@johnballantyne6853 2 жыл бұрын

@@awilderireland That is 100% correct, I use them as a Food source ! The same as my Cows, Pigs, Sheep and Geese ! Given the increase in food prices, going self sufficient in my Protein intake will always be an easy choice for me ! If you read my comment I say “Before I could secure them” I didn’t lose any after that !!

@outoftownr3906 3 жыл бұрын

Would u want a cat sized stoat runnin about your pheasant poults ?

@gilbert7794 2 жыл бұрын

Or around your chicken farm

@byroneckhardt4131 2 жыл бұрын

@@gilbert7794 the pine martin should be here ,its native , unlike pheasant and chicken

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

@@gilbert7794 pine martens don’t even hunt chickens that often. They prefer squirrels and other small mammals. They will take eggs though but even then that’s not a problem if you have the common sense to shut them up at night

@gilbert7794 Жыл бұрын

@@theotheseaeagle yes they do we had entire coop wiped out by a Pine martin.

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

@@gilbert7794 do you have any evidence it was a pine marten? Or do you just assume it was? Could have easily been a fox or stoat

@David-ws6zr 3 жыл бұрын

There vermin chewed there way through my chicken coop and killed the lot

@awilderireland 2 жыл бұрын

Your fault. Not theirs.

@gilbert7794 Жыл бұрын

@@awilderireland simple fox bait the dead chickens will soon get rid of them.

@awilderireland Жыл бұрын

@@gilbert7794 Of course. If you want to be a Moron about it.

@user-gm4bn7ql6u 4 ай бұрын

Their not vermin, humans are

@ripbbl5053 3 жыл бұрын

Stupid idea! They eat EVERYTHING!!! including your fences, sheds and wooden beams in your loft... not to forget the wiring in your cars Don't get me wrong, I think they're quite cute B U T they are worse than rats!!!

@awilderireland 2 жыл бұрын

That's right. They eat children too. Just for the hell of it. I also heard one hijackacked a tour bus full of American tourists near Loch Lomond.

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

Your thinking of squirrels mate. Pine martens don’t chew on things, in fact they kill pest species like squirrels

@p51dgp91 Жыл бұрын

Saw a video on KZfaq recently showing a female kestrel brooding it’s young at night in a nest box. Next thing one of these pine martens burst into the box, killed the female kestrel and then all her offspring. 😔