The elusive mammal was filmed in woodlands of the Longleat estate and seems to have set up home.
A native pine marten has been spotted on the Longleat estate following reintroduction programmes in the Forest of Dean and the New Forest.
At one point they were only to be found in the highlands of Scotland, but conservation efforts are starting to yield results. Dr Tom Lewis remarked Longleat is about half-way between the Forest of Dean and the New Forest where the population of pine martens are starting to recover.Pine marten droppings were found in den boxes set up earlier this year, Dr Lewis said, and one was filmed crossing a waterway by a beaver dam.
They also prey on grey squirrels and many conservationists hope they will help efforts to reintroduce native red-squirrels that are out competed by their grey cousins.
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