He's talking about how successful the introduction of pine marten was in county Laois and Offaly was in Ireland. I'm from county Laois and saw my first red squirrel in the wild just last week... It's obviously working. Unfortunately our eco systems are destroyed with very few natural predators in the wild- these reintroductions are hugely important.

Pretty common in Scotland I am from the Scottish Highlands I found one in a tree and yesterday when my dad was driving we spotted one at the side of the road and it turned round and looked at us for a second then ran into the bushes.

I love what you are doing! Thank you so much!

Just photographed one tonight,after 2 months of waiting for the shot , here in Wicklow Ireland , its is totally wild , they really are beautiful

Great video these are actually quite common in our area one in my garden most mornings eats outa the red squirell feeder.

I met one one night walking back from the pub in Wicklow Ireland about 4 am. It was in the death throes it seems. I presumed it had just been knocked down moments before. That particular road is deserted that late at night and lots of people drive way beyond the speed limit as there is nobody on the road. Anyway I couldnt see any injuries, but it was fading fast. I remember its beautiful bushy tail and razor sharp teeth. I decided to move along to let it die in peace. I went back the next morning on foot and there was no sign of the body. I cant imagine it was able to crawl away out of sight as it was nearly spent when I left it, so I presumed a fox helped itself. It looked in great condition. That was at least 10 years ago. I remember it well.

Thanks for posting , the Pine Marten also will be an effective counter to the invasive North American Grey Squirrel.Wales was the last stronghold of pine marten's close cousin , the Polecat , which has recovered quite well & has recolonised much of England as far as Norfolk Hope to see the Pine Marten back & established in England.

I love these very cute animals!!!. Thaks a lot for your job

Any chance of bringing back the wolf, bear and Lynx? Make things interesting.

Amazing job guys, how can this channel only have 6 subs?? Please upload more updates on this project.

Would love to see this species thrive all through the UK! My challenge when I have time is to try and get a good photo of the pine Martin in Wales. But as you say it will be very hard!

EPIC VIDEO

Thank you. Nothing more, just thank you.

i saw a pine marten in north devon yesterday!

good video

One hundred years from now Britain is going to have the most rocking ecosystems thanks to all the rewinding efforts happening in various parts of the country now. The country is going to be absolutely teeming with wildlife including pine martens. Old growth forests are very where with massive trees. Beavers, wild boar, lots of deer of all three kinds, wild horses, wisents, aurochs, lynx, bears, wolves, Scottish wildcats, and all Manner of birds butterflies and wild flowers. One hundred years from now the UK will be a forested Serengeti!

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hi, why would pine marten impact the grey squirrel population and not the red squirrels also...?

this was 4 years ago. I bet the game shooting brigade will make sure they won't get much of a foothold

Where is this filmed?

When the uk was completely covered in woodland really are you sure because I don't think it ever was.

I have just published a study on urban pine martens in Holland. Don't rule them out where least expected. The lack of research turned out to be a big problem for many species adapting to urban sprawl. And never trust a camera trap for research purposes. They miss 99% of the time.

How curious that the non indigenous grey squirrel cannot coexist with the pine martin but the native red squirrel apparently can.

I like Eurasian Red Squirrels I like and I like every member of the Mustelidae without exception, so I'm all for it. but how to help the native Crayfish against the Rusty Crayfish?

Where can we learn more about the distribution service in Scotland? And what is it?

You should capture them here in the Netherlands and release them in the UK. They're slowly becoming a pest here. Too many predators not enough prey. Feral cats are the biggest problem though

How does red foxes and badgers influence the pine martens?

I never knew ALL wildlife in Britain was extinct....the Isle became a wildlife graveyard....this is so unbelievable!..... and nobody talked about it for decades....and no public outrage....only few stepped in and started fighting for rewilding and reintroductions.....such beautiful cute creature...all but gone...

It's the human's fault grey squirrels "over proliferated". How ironic for our species to say that about another.

God dammit!

Please contact me, me and my partner definitely saw one today in east Cheshire whioe we were fishing. It wasn't a mink , it was too small and red with the light coloured chest!

I am an old man and I have never seen a Pine Marten and therefore I don't miss it, so let nature take its course, else you can kill all humans and save the Pine Martens !

not convinced this is agood idea kill the greys yes but all the bird that are strugling already ???

Why put such efforts to re-introduce an Indiscriminate murderous killer of all manner of wildlife; birds, rabbits, voles, hares, squirrels, proven to disturb tawny owls, badgers. Perhaps we are better off without them. Trying to eradicate grey squirrels is going to be an endless struggle, an un-winnable war given how strong the population is.

Poor little grey squirrels. , I get the issues but I do not believe in catching and killing them . They are living creatures and we have no right to just kill everything because we think it's a nuisance . Human intervention created the issue. Murdering them is very unfair. If they are part of a food chain then so be it. , Let the pine martens and other wildlife do the job. Naturally. Lots of people have squirrels as pets these days. Time to review the insane 'killing laws' around these and all creatures. Archaic and unacceptable.just saying.