Wir haben ein altes Landhaus im Hinterland von Leitrim. Wenn wir dort oben sind, lasse ich Essensreste und Essensreste weg, die immer von einem Tier mitgenommen werden. Ich dachte immer, es wäre ein Fuchs, aber neulich habe ich mich gefreut, diesen Kerl zu sehen. Er versucht, an das Vogelhäuschen zu gelangen, das vor dem Fenster hängt.
Es ist ziemlich selten, Baummarder zu sehen, aber ich habe gehört, dass die Populationen von Baummardern und roten Eichhörnchen im Mittelland zunehmen, weil Kiefernmarder keine natürlichen Feinde haben und rote Eichhörnchen von Natur aus wissen, wie sie Baummardern, die zu ihren Feinden werden würden, ausweichen können.
Anscheinend sieht man im Mittelland nicht viele graue Eichhörnchen, weil sie nicht heimisch sind und nicht wissen, wie man Baummardern aus dem Weg geht.
Wie Sie sich vorstellen können, sind Ratten und Mäuse auf dem Land ein Problem, daher hilft es, einen Baummarder in der Nähe zu haben.
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Von FrankLucker
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Wow, very cool!
Very cool OP, thanks for posting. Never seen a pine marten in real life, but when I hear about them always think of how they’ve helped with the red/grey squirrel issue.
Oh! You should think about sending this into the Springwatch/Winterwatch team!
Big Martin or little Martin?
What colour are your walls? They look great!
Haha whoops
So it turns out they’re currently asking for the public to report pine marten sightings!
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0121/1554335-squirrels-pine-martins/ (2 days ago)
This is the link for you to actually register the sighting, if you’re interested!
All-Ireland Squirrel and Pine Marten Survey | CEDaR Online Recording https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/uw-squirrel-monitoring
Cool
This is a rare occurrence
Brilliant
They’re bigger than I thought! But very cool thanks for sharing!
Be mindful that they can attack dogs
Interesting fact about grey vs red squirrels – the greys are larger and heavier than the reds, which means they can’t go as far out onto the limb of a tree. This means they can’t get out of reach of the pine marten as easily, and so the little reds are better equipped against a predator that they evolved with.
How many attempts did the the meatslinky make?
Great to see them making a comeback.
Be good to see them control the invasive mink population.He/She looks healthy too.
Wow what an amazing species to see! You are lucky most people go their whole lives not seeing one. Do make sure you report the sighting someone else posted the link!
I saw one in the Netherlands once when I was on a cycle path in the woods, it was scrambling up a tree, no doubt looking for bird nests. They’re really cool.Â
Class, love seeing them. The secretive little bastards.
Guess he wants to be a house marten.
Ill get my coat.
I have one on my land. I only spotted him because he walked past a trail cam. But you can kind of infer that they are likely to be around if you see red squirrels in an area. And they keep rats at bay. It would be rare for them to come out and try for a little dog. I haven’t heard of that and there is no proof of it ever happening. They are very timid. Some of that fear may be connected to other wildlife like foxes, mink and badgers who might go for a small dog because they are bolder.