Pine Marten

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Native allies: Pine martens helping Ireland’s red squirrels fight back

A study conducted by researchers at NUI Galway and the University of Aberdeen found that red squirrels increase their numbers significantly within five years of pine marten population recovery

<p>Being so agile and adaptable, pine martens were known here as ‘cat crainn’ — ‘tree cat’. Like cats, they are carnivores, adept at catching small woodland birds such as robins and wrens, and nimble enough to catch squirrels, mice, rats, shrews, voles, frogs, and lizards too</p>

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Anja Murray: Our rarest native mammal — the pine marten — is making a comeback

<p>Skunks' stripes are a way of letting predators know they have 'weaponry'</p>

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Richard Collins: Makes scents — weapons and warnings in nature

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Richard Collins: 22 wildcats released in Scotland and 60 more planned

Portrait of an American Mink ((Mustela vison) in the Rain

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Richard Collins: New year, new start for Rathlin's ferret-catcher

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Local volunteers working to preserve natural riches

Our most common wild animal? Here's what the camera traps tell us

Researchers noted deer, lots of deer, and nearly nothing else

Mon, 07 Nov, 2022

The Beara rainforest: when healthy natural habitats are given a chance, 'the wild will return'

In an age of collapsing biodiversity, restoring and expanding those that remain has never been more urgent

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Pine marten may have threatened the local heronry

It seems our ‘domestic’, but still wild, heron, Ron, has ‘gone west’ and we find we miss him, scanning skies, balconies, rooftops and canopies of trees in our local wood (those still standing after the multiple storms) for his familiar, elegant profile cut out of the heavenly blue.

Mon, 06 May, 2019

Pine Marten

Native allies: Pine martens helping Ireland’s red squirrels fight back

Anja Murray: Our rarest native mammal — the pine marten — is making a comeback

Richard Collins: Makes scents — weapons and warnings in nature

Richard Collins: 22 wildcats released in Scotland and 60 more planned

Richard Collins: New year, new start for Rathlin's ferret-catcher

Local volunteers working to preserve natural riches

Our most common wild animal? Here's what the camera traps tell us

The Beara rainforest: when healthy natural habitats are given a chance, 'the wild will return'

Pine marten may have threatened the local heronry

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Mick Clifford

Pine Marten

Native allies: Pine martens helping Ireland’s red squirrels fight back

Anja Murray: Our rarest native mammal — the pine marten — is making a comeback

Richard Collins: Makes scents — weapons and warnings in nature

Richard Collins: 22 wildcats released in Scotland and 60 more planned

Richard Collins: New year, new start for Rathlin's ferret-catcher

Local volunteers working to preserve natural riches

Our most common wild animal? Here's what the camera traps tell us

The Beara rainforest: when healthy natural habitats are given a chance, 'the wild will return'

Pine marten may have threatened the local heronry

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Mick Clifford

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