The Vincent Wildlife Trust has recently led the completion of a conservation strategy to restore the pine marten to England and Wales. To find out more, you can download the strategy here.

Have you ever put food out for pine martens or seen pine martens feeding at a bird or squirrel feeder? If so, you can help researchers find out what makes a good feeder for pine martens by completing a short questionnaire.

This weekend, some 40 volunteers descended on Bryn Arau Duon Forest to search for the rare red squirrel. Bryn Arau Dyon has been somewhat of a hot spot for red squirrel sightings, with 6 sightings this year, 4 being in the last month! This sounded very promising for our survey.

We spent one (very early!) morning and one (very long!) night live trapping martens and couldn't resist sharing the photos! It's definitely true what they say about martens having a sweet tooth...